Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1933, akabatana neJungvolk, chikamu chiduku cheHitler Youth. Trautmann akabatana neLuftwaffe pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, uye akazoshanda semuparadropper. Akatanga kushumira muPoland yainge yapambwa
. Akarwa paEastern Front kwemakore matatu, achiwana menduru shanu, kusanganisira Iron Cross. Gare gare muhondo, akaendeswa kuWestern Front, uko akabatwa navaBritain sezvo hondo yakasvika kumugumo. Somurwi anozvipira, akarongwa kuva musungwa weboka "C" nezviremera, zvichireva kuti airangarirwa somuNazi. Mumwe we90 chete vevarwi vake vekutanga vevarume chiuru kuti vapone muhondo, akaendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa vehondo muAshton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Trautmann akaramba kupiwa kudzorerwa kumusha, uye achitevera kusunungurwa kwake muna 1948, akagara muLancashire, achibatanidza basa rekurima nekutamba muchengeti wemagariro echikwata chenhabvu chemuno, St Helens Town.