Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Hausham, Wurmheller ya kasance matukin jirgi a matashi, kuma ya ba da kansa don aikin soja a cikin Luftwaffe na Nazi Jamus a 1937. Bayan horo na jirgin sama an tura shi zuwa "Jagdgeschwader" 53 (JG 53 <unk> 53rd Fighter Wing) a 1939. Ya yi ikirarin nasararsa ta farko a kan Yammacin Yamma a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1939, wani lokaci na yakin duniya na biyu da aka kira War War. Sa'an nan kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai koyar da jirgin sama kafin ya koma JG 53 don yakin Birtaniya. A watan Yunin 1941 ya shiga cikin Operation Barbarossa, mamayewar Jamus ta Tarayyar Soviet. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Knight na Iron Cross a ranar 4 ga Satumba 1941 bayan nasarori 32. Bayan wani yawon shakatawa a matsayin mai koyar da matukin jirgi, an tura shi zuwa "Jagdgeschwader" 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2<unk>2nd Fighter Wing) da ke aiki a gaban Channel. Wurmheller ya yi ikirarin nasara bakwai na iska a lokacin Dieppe Raid
a ranar 19 ga Agusta 1942 kuma bayan nasararsa ta 67 an ba shi lambar yabo ta Knight na Iron Cross tare da Oak Leaves a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 1942.