Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Trautmann akabatana neLuftwaffe somushandi wenhepfenyuro muna 1941. Munguva yekudzidziswa, akaratidza hunyanzvi hushoma hwekushanda neredhiyo, uye akaendeswa kuSpandau kuti ave "Fallschirmjäger" (paratrooper). Akatanga kushumira mu
Poland yakatorwa, kunyange zvazvo kuiswa kure shure kwemutsetse wapamberi kwakaguma nokufinhwa nokuda kweboka rake, iro rakashandisa 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.