Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutscha akaberekwa musi wa 24 Kubvumbi 1917 muRatibor, Racibórz yanhasi kumaodzanyemba kwePoland, panguva iyoyo muPurovhinzi yeSilesia yeHumambo hwePrussia. Akatanga basa rake rehondo sa"Unteroffizier" mukati me5. "Staffel" pamusoro "Jagdgeschwader" 77 (JG 77<unk>77th Fighter Wing). Akati kukunda kwake kwokutanga munguva ye "Hondo yeFake" nekupfura pasi Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington bhomba musi wa14 Zvita 1939. Mabhomba eNo. 99 Squadron akanga ari pabasa rokurwisa "Kriegsmarine" cruisers "Nürnberg" uye "Leipzig" ayo akanga achidzokera kuchiteshi pashure pokunge arohwa nemapurisa akapfurwa neRoyal Navy submarine zuva rakanga rapfuura. Ikoku kwakateverwa ne Lockheed Hudson pana 24 February 1940. Muna March 1940, Kutscha akaendeswa ku5./"Zerstörergeschwader" 1. Neboka iri akapinda muhondo yokuMadokero
. Iri boka rakachinjwa kuva 8./ZG 1 musi wa 26 June 1940. Neboka iri akapinda muHondo yeBritain. Chikamu chacho pakupedzisira chakashandurwa musi wa 24 April 1941 ku "Schnellkampfgeschwader" 210. Neboka iri Kutscha akapinda muhondo kuEastern Front uye akagamuchira muchinjikwa weGerman muGoridhe () musi wa14 Kukadzi 1942 uye Knight's Cross yeIron Cross () musi wa24 Gunyana 1942.