Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru atu a Trautmann ki te Luftwaffe hei kaiwhakahaere reo irirangi i te tau 1941. I a ia e whakangungu ana, kaore ia i tino pai ki te mahi irirangi, ka tukuna ki Spandau hei "Fallschirmjäger" (paratrooper). I mahi ia i te tuatahi i te Poland i nohoia
, ahakoa ko te noho ki muri o te raina mua i hua ai te mauiui mo tana rerenga, i uru ki nga hakinakina me nga taatai whaihua hei tuku i te waa. Ko tētahi o aua pāhekoheko e pā ana ki tētahi motokā, i hē ki a Trautmann, nā reira i tahuna ai e tētahi kaitiaki kaimahi ōna ringa. I whakawakia a Trautmann ki te kooti hōia, a, i whiua ki te toru marama ki te whare herehere. I te timatanga o tana herehere, i mate a Trautmann i te mate appendicitis, a ka pau i a ia te toenga o tana whiu i roto i te hohipera hoia.