 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ebener akatanga basa rehondo, achijoinha Luftwaffe musi wa17 Mbudzi 1939. Akagoverwa ku4JG 3 yakavakirwa paEastern Front. Musi wa 23 May 1942 akawana kukunda kwake kwokutanga apo akapfura pasi maviri Russian Polikarpov I-16 varwi. Ebener akawana kukunda kwake kwechi10 musi wa30 Chikunguru uye kwechi20 musi wa17 Zvita. Kubva muna December kusvika muna January 1943 akashanda ari mukati meStalingradmuhomwe. Mumavhiki mana akapfura ndege dzevavengi 30. Musi wa 1 Kurume 1943, akaendeswa ku Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost kuti atore nguva yekuraira. 