I muri i te Pakanga o Wīwī i tukuna a Peltz ki Greifswald mō te whakangungu huri ki te Junkers Ju 88. I te marama o Akuhata 1940 i tukuna ia ki te "Geschwaderstab" (kotahi tari matua) o "Kampfgeschwader" 77 (KG 77<unk>77th Bomber Wing) i Laon i te Channel Front
He aha? I rere ia i nga misioni 70 i te awatea me te po i te Pakanga o Ingarangi tae atu ki nga mahi motuhake i whakaekea e ia anake nga whaainga motuhake. Whai muri i tana 130th misioni i te katoa hei paerata pahū pahū i runga i Poland me France, me te paerata pahū i runga i Ingarangi, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross () i te 14 Oketopa 1940. Ko te whakaaturanga i mahia e "Reichsmarschall" (Marshal o te Emepaea) Hermann Göring, i riro i a ia te tohu me te "Major" (Major) Friedrich Kless, "Gruppenkommandeur" (kaiwhakahaere roopu) o te II./"Kampfgeschwader" 55 (KG 55<unk>55th Bomber Wing).