Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Kutscha a ranar 24 ga Afrilu 1917 a Ratibor, Racibórz na yanzu a kudancin Poland, a lokacin a lardin Silesia na Masarautar Prussia. Ya fara aikin soja a matsayin "Unteroffizier" a cikin shekaru 5. "Staffel" na "Jagdgeschwader" 77 (JG 77 <unk> 77th Fighter Wing). Ya yi nasarar nasararsa ta farko a lokacin "Yakin Yaƙin" ta hanyar harba wani jirgin sama na Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington a ranar 14 ga Disamba, 1939. Bombers daga No. 99 Squadron sun kasance a kan wani manufa don kai farmaki da "Kriegsmarine" cruisers "Nürnberg" da "Leipzig" wanda aka dawo zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa bayan da aka buga su da torpedoes harbe daga Royal Navy submarine rana kafin. Wannan ya biyo bayan Lockheed Hudson a ranar 24 ga Fabrairun 1940. A watan Maris na 1940, an tura Kutscha zuwa 5. / "Zerstörergeschwader" 1. Tare da wannan rukunin ya shiga cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe a yamma
Ka yi haƙuri. An canza wannan rukunin zuwa 8. / ZG 1 a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1940. Tare da wannan rukunin ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Biritaniya. Daga karshe an canza rukunin a ranar 24 ga Afrilu 1941 zuwa "Schnellkampfgeschwader" 210. Tare da wannan rukunin Kutscha ya shiga yaƙin a Gabas ta Gabas kuma ya sami Gicciye na Jamus a Zinare () a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu 1942 da Knight's Cross na Iron Cross () a ranar 24 ga Satumba 1942.