Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Kutscha i te 24 o Aperira 1917 i Ratibor, Racibórz o tenei ra i te tonga o Poland, i taua wa i te Rohe o Silesia o te Rangatiratanga o Prussia. I tīmata ia i tana mahi hōia hei "Unteroffizier" i roto i te 5. "Staffel" o "Jagdgeschwader" 77 (JG 77<unk>77th Fighter Wing). I kii ia i tana wikitoria tuatahi i te wa o te "War War" ma te pupuhi i te Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington kaipatu rererangi i te 14 o Tihema 1939. Ko nga kaipupuri pahū o te No. 99 Squadron i runga i te miihana ki te whakaeke i nga "Kriegsmarine" cruisers "Nürnberg" me "Leipzig" i hoki mai ki te tauranga i muri i te whiu i nga torpedo i tukuna mai i te kaipuke moana o te Royal Navy i te ra i mua. I whai ake tenei i te Lockheed Hudson i te 24 o Hui-tanguru 1940. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1940, i whakawhitihia a Kutscha ki te 5. / "Zerstörergeschwader" 1. I uru ia ki tēnei waeine ki te
te pakanga ki te Uru. I hurihia tenei waahanga ki te 8. / ZG 1 i te 26 o Hune 1940. I uru ia ki tenei waahanga ki te Pakanga o Ingarangi. I te mutunga ka hurihia te waahanga i te 24 o Aperira 1941 ki te "Schnellkampfgeschwader" 210. Na tenei roopu i uru a Kutscha ki te pakanga i te Raki o te Rawhiti ka riro i a ia te Tiamana Tiamana i te Koura () i te 14 o Hui-tanguru 1942 me te Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross () i te 24 o Hepetema 1942.