| Born | 21 Nov, 1915 | Bremen |
| Died | 8 Jan, 1944 | Bay of Biscay |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| 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
| 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, | 56 days |
| 3. | U-426 | 3 Jan, 1944 | Brest | 8 Jan, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 6 days |
| 2 patrols, 62 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Christian Reich
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 15 Oct, 1943 | U-426 | Essex Lance | 6.625 |  | br | ONS-20 | |
| 6.625 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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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 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.) |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.