Date of birth:

July 11th, 1919 (Nordstemmen/Alfeld (Leine), Germany)

Date of death:

October 16th, 1942 (Malta)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Career:
1942: 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 53.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 21st, 1942

Date according to the Ehrenpokal.
Published in the Ehrenliste on October 26th, 1942.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier

Unit:

I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 53, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

November 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 53, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

December 30th, 1942

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 15.01.1943) describes why Golinski received the Knight’s Cross…

Unteroffizier Golinski shot down 47 enemy aircraft over the course of many aerial battles against numerically superior foes. He failed to return from his most recent fighter sortie.”

Awarded posthumously.

• Photo 1: Ralph R. Arndt
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - das-ritterkreuz.de
  - Ehrenpokal
  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 14).