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Place of Birth: Nordstemmen, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Heinz Golinski
- Heinz Golinski (11 July 1919 – 16 October 1942) was a German fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Golinski was born on 11 July 1919 in Nordstemmen and was posted as a Unteroffizier to 3./Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) in the autumn of 1941, operating over the German Bight and over Malta.
- He then served as a test pilot with Messerschmitt.
- In August 1942, Golinski joined I./JG 53 on the Eastern Front.
- He claimed his first victory on 28 July 1942, a R-5 biplane.
- During August, he claimed 17 victories.
- Golinski claimed 27 victories in September.
- In late September, I./JG 53 transferred to the Mediterranean. On 16 October 1942, Golinski shot down a Spitfire.
- However, another Spitfire then attacked him and his Bf 109 G-2 crashed and Golinski was killed.
- It is thought Golinski was the victim of Canadian ace F/L Henry Wallace "Wally" McLeod of No.
- 1435 Squadron RCAF.
- Golinski was posthumously awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 5 November, and the Ritterkreuz on 30 December.
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