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In September 1941 he commissioned U-456 and completed nine patrols in the Arctic Sea during 1942.
In September 1941 he commissioned U-456 and completed nine patrols in the Arctic Sea during 1942.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Teichert joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1934. He first served on the torpedo boat Iltis, and then the destroyer Z14 Friedrich Ihn.
In June 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force, and served as 1.WO (second-in-command) to Herbert Kuppisch aboard the Type VIIC U-boat U-94 for two patrols.
He sank three ships, including the naval trawler HMS Sulla, a staggler of Convoy Province of Quebec 13, and seriously damaged the British Town class light cruiser HMS Edinburgh, which was sunk some days later. In December 1942 U-456 was transferred to 1st U-boat Flotilla, and operated in the northern Atlantic, sinking another four merchant vessels.
Teichert died on 12 May 1943, during his 11th patrol, when U-456 was lost with all hands in the North Atlantic, in position 46°39′North 26°54′West. The U-boat surfaced after being hit by a Fido homing torpedo dropped by a British Liberator aircraft from Number. 86 Squadron Royal Air Force. When the O-class destroyer HMS Opportune arrived the U-boat dived, but almost certainly immediately sank to the ocean floor.
Ships attacked Max-Martin Teichert as commander of U-456 sank six merchant ships totalling 31,528 GRT, damaged another of 6,421 GRT, and also engaged and damaged the 11,500 GRT Town class light cruiser HMS Edinburgh.
Wehrmachtbericht reference.