Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Trautmann akabatana neLuftwaffe somushandi weredhiyo muna 1941. Munguva yekudzidziswa, akaratidza hunyanzvi hushoma hwekushanda neredhiyo, uye akaendeswa kuSpandau kuti ave "Fallschirmjäger" (paratrooper). Akatanga kushumira muPoland yainge yapambwa
, kunyange zvazvo akanga agere kure kumashure kwemutsetse wapamberi kwakaguma nokufinhwa kwechikwata chake, icho chakashandisa mitambo uye majee anoshanda kupedza nguva. Imwe nhetembo yakadaro yaibatanidza motokari yakadzokera shure kuna Trautmann, kuchiguma nomushandi mukuru akapisa maoko ake. Trautmann akatongwa nedare rehondo, uye akatongerwa kugara mujeri kwemwedzi mitatu. Pakutanga kwokusungwa kwake, Trautmann akabatwa nechirwere cheappendicitis chakakomba, uye akapedza mutongo wake wose muchipatara chechiuto.