 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Schmidt akaronga kudzidza pasina kukanganiswa, naizvozvo akazvipira pazera remakore 18 nokuda kwebasa rechiuto muna 1937. Akatanga kushanda nebhatiri rinorwisa ndege reLuftwaffe paVegesack pedyo neBremen. MuHondo Yenyika II, mushure mekushandira kwenguva pfupi kuEastern Front panguva yekupinda kweSoviet Union muna 1941 kusanganisira Siege yeLeningrad, akadzokera kuGerman muna 1942 kunoshanda semurairidzi uye chipangamazano ku Ministry of Aviation. Munguva yebasa rake muHondo Yenyika II, Schmidt akapiwa Iron Cross 2nd Class. Akaenda kuDare reVanhu semucherechedzi wemauto pane kumwe kutongwa kwakaratidzwa kwevakuru vakuru vaive nechekuita nechirongwa chaJuly 20, umo kwakaitwa kuedza kusingabudiriri kuuraya Hitler paRastenburg, uye akashamiswa nokuzvibata kwaRoland Freisler. Pakupera kwehondo, kubva muna Zvita 1944 zvichienda mberi, akashanda saOberleutnant muFlakartillery kuWestern Front panguva yeHondo yeBulge neArdennes Offensive. Akabatwa nemaBritish muna Kubvumbi 1945 paLüneburg Heath, uye aive musungwa wehondo kusvika Nyamavhuvhu wegore iro muBelgium. Muna 1958 Schmidt akasimudzirwa kuva Hauptmann weBundeswehr reserve. 