Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai i Hausham, ko Wurmheller he paerata paerata i tona tamarikitanga, a, i tono mo te mahi hoia i roto i te Luftwaffe o Nazi Germany i te 1937. Whai muri i te whakangungu rererangi i tukuna ia ki te "Jagdgeschwader" 53 (JG 53 <unk> 53rd Fighter Wing) i te 1939. I kii ia i tana wikitoria rererangi tuatahi i te Hauauru ki te Hauauru i te 30 o Hepetema 1939, he waahanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i tapaina ko te Pakanga Phoney. I mahi ia hei kaiako rererangi i mua i tana hokinga ki JG 53 mo te Pakanga o Ingarangi. I te Pipiri 1941 i uru ia ki te Operation Barbarossa, te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki te Soviet Union. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Cross Knight o te Iron Cross i te 4 o Mahuru 1941 i muri i nga wikitoria e 32. I muri i tetahi atu haerenga hei kaiwhakaako rererangi rererangi, i tukuna ia ki te "Jagdgeschwader" 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2<unk>2nd Fighter Wing) e mahi ana i te Channel Front. E whitu nga wikitoria a Wurmheller i te rangi i te wā o te pakanga.
I whakaekehia a Dieppe Raid i te 19 o Akuhata 1942 ana i muri i tana wikitoria 67, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves i te 1 o Oketopa 1942.