<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wazalelwa eSchrimm esifundazweni sasePosen, uWilcke wavolontiya inkonzo yezempi eReichswehr yoMbuso Wesithathu ngo-1934. Ekuqaleni wayekhonza eHeer iButho, wabe esethuthela eLufthansa iButho Lomoya ngo-1935. Ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa kokundiza, wathunyelwa e Jagdgeschwader Richthofen Fighter Wing Richthofen ngo-Ephreli 1936. Ngemva kokuthunywa njengomqeqeshi womshayeli wezindiza, wavolontiya ukuyosebenza neCondor Legion phakathi neMpi Yombango yaseSpain ekuqaleni kuka-1939. Ngemva kokubuya kwakhe eSpain, wamiswa Staffelkapitän umholi weqembu we-7. I-Staffel i-squadron yesi-7 ye- Jagdgeschwader 53 JG 5353rd Fighter Wing. Ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II, wathola ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala emoyeni ngoNovemba 7, 1939. Ngo-18 Meyi 1940, ngesikhathi seMpi yaseFrance, wadutshulwa futhi wathathwa njengesiboshwa sempi. Ngemva kokuqeda impi neFrance  <response>: , wabuya ekuthunjweni futhi wamiswa Gruppenkommandeur umlawuli weqembu we-III. Iqembu iqembu lesithathu le-JG 53 ngesikhathi seMpi yaseBrithani, lifuna ukunqoba izikhathi eziyi-10 eNgilandi. 