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Christian Reich

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
1 ship sunk for a total of 6,625 GRT

Born  21 Nov 1915 Bremen
Died  8 Jan 1944(28)Bay of Biscay

Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 Sep 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-416 4 Nov 1942 30 Mar 1943   No war patrols 
U-426 12 May 1943 8 Jan 1944  (+)  2 patrols (62 days) 

Patrol info for Christian Reich


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-426 14 Sep 1943  Kiel  17 Sep 1943  Bergen   4 days
2. U-426 5 Oct 1943  Bergen  29 Nov 1943  Brest  Patrol 1,56 days
3. U-426 3 Jan 1944  Brest  8 Jan 1944  Sunk  Patrol 2,6 days
2 patrols, 62 days at sea

Ships hit by Christian Reich

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
15 Oct 1943U-426 Essex Lance6,625brONS-20
 6,625

1 ship sunk (6,625 tons).



Erich Raeder: Admiral of the Third Reich
Bird, Keith


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Aces of the Reich. Williamson, Gordon, 1989.
Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials. Taylor, Telford, 1992.
Cayman Gold. Hankins, John, 1996.
Los Coolies del Kaiser. Plivier, Theodor, 1930.
Los corsarios del tercer reich. Picollo, Máximo, 1973.
Erich Raeder: Admiral of the Third Reich. Bird, Keith, 2006.
The Golden U-boat. Henrick, Richard P., 1996.
An Honorable German. Charles McCain, 2009.
Rockets of the Reich. Kinrade, Kim, 2000.
Das Schwarze Schiff. Von Mücke, Hellmuth, 1931. (transl.)
Los tiburones del Tercer Reich. Martinelli, F., 1974.
Tredje Riket, Havets Vargar. N/A,
Wolf Packs. Time Life, 1988.
Zehn Jahre, Zwanzig Tage. Dönitz, Karl, 1980. (transl.)


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

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