Heinz Golinski

Heinz Golinski
Born11 July 1919
Nordstemmen, Germany
Died16 October 1942(1942-10-16) (aged 23)
Malta
Cause of deathKilled in action
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Branch Luftwaffe
Service years1939–1942
RankFeldwebel (sergeant)
UnitJG 53
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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.

Career

Golinski was born on 11 July 1919 in Nordstemmen and was posted as an 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, an 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.

Malta and death

In October 1942, I. Gruppe of JG 53 relocated from the Eastern Front to Comiso Airfiled in Sicily where they arrived on 10 October.[1] On 16 October, Golinski claimed a Supermarine Spitfire fighter shot down in a location 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) south of Ħal Far. His Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 trop (Werknummer 10582—factory number) was then shot down 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) south of Ħal Far, killing Golinski.[2] It is thought Golinski was the victim of the Canadian fighter pilot F/L Henry Wallace "Wally" McLeod of No. 1435 Squadron RCAF.[3] Prior to flying this fighter escort mission for seven Junkers Ju 88 bombers, Golinski had sprained an ankle and was unable to walk nor able to fly. When he reported this to his superior, he was accused of cowardice in the face of the enemy and forced to fly. Golinski's casualty report noted that after his Bf 109 was hit, it was observed that he made a half-role, then his right undercarriage came down before it went straight down and crashed. Posthumously, Golinski was awarded the German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) on 5 November and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) on 30 December for his 47 aerial victories.[4][5]

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 47 aerial victory claims plus. With the exception of a single aerial victories claimed over the Western Allies, all other aerial victories were claimed on the Eastern Front.[6]

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 1762". The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about 360 square miles (930 km2). These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 km × 4 km (1.9 mi × 2.5 mi) in size.[7]

Chronicle of aerial victories
  This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location
– 3. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –[8]
Eastern Front — 28 May – 27 September 1942
1 28 July 1942 12:25 R-5 PQ 1762[9] 25 9 September 1942 12:58 Yak-1 PQ 4079[10]
65 km (40 mi) north of Gumrak
2 29 July 1942 15:45 MiG-1 PQ 1711[11] 26 9 September 1942 16:54?[Note 1] Il-2 PQ 4919[10]
15 km (9.3 mi) north of Grebenka
3 3 August 1942 10:55 Il-2 PQ 3919[12]
vicinity of Kalach 		27 10 September 1942 05:10 P-40 PQ 4944[10]
vicinity of Stalingrad
4 3 August 1942 11:02 Il-2 PQ 3927[12]
vicinity of Kalach 		28 10 September 1942 08:40 Il-2 PQ 4927[10]
20 km (12 mi) southeast of Stalingrad
5 5 August 1942 09:38 Il-2 PQ 4957[12]
30 km (19 mi) north-northeast of Aksay 		29 11 September 1942 16:20 Yak-1 PQ 5073[13]
10 km (6.2 mi) east of Stalingrad
6 8 August 1942 05:58 Il-2 PQ 4956[14]
45 km (28 mi) south of Stalingrad 		30 12 September 1942 09:15 LaGG-3 PQ 4928[13]
80 km (50 mi) northeast of Stalingrad
7 8 August 1942 05:59 Il-2 PQ 4956[14]
45 km (28 mi) south of Stalingrad 		31 12 September 1942 12:45 LaGG-3 PQ 4927[13]
25 km (16 mi) east of Stalingrad
8 12 August 1942 04:24 Il-2 PQ 2823[15] 32 13 September 1942 09:30 Yak-1 PQ 49244[13]
15 km (9.3 mi) east of Stalingrad
9 13 August 1942 17:45 Il-2 PQ 3929[15]
vicinity of Pitomnik 		33 13 September 1942 09:33 Yak-1 PQ 40871[13]
10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Stalingrad
10?[Note 2] 14 August 1942 05:05 MiG-3[16] 34 14 September 1942 10:22 LaGG-3 PQ 4945[17]
30 km (19 mi) northeast of Stalingrad
11 19 August 1942 08:55 R-5 PQ 49471[16] 35 14 September 1942 16:48?[Note 3] LaGG-3 PQ 49413[17]
15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Stalingrad
12 19 August 1942 15:26 Il-2 PQ 49294[16]
30 km (19 mi) south-southeast of Stalingrad 		36 15 September 1942 10:32 La-5 PQ 4941[17]
20 km (12 mi) east of Stalingrad
13 22 August 1942 11:35 LaGG-3 PQ 5077, northeast of Rachinka[18]
35 km (22 mi) east of Stalingrad 		37 16 September 1942 10:35 LaGG-3 PQ 49293[17]
15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Stalingrad
14 22 August 1942 11:35?[Note 4] LaGG-3 PQ 5077, northeast of Rachinka[18]
50 km (31 mi) northeast of Stalingrad 		?[Note 5] 16 September 1942 10:35 LaGG-3 35 km (22 mi) east of Stalingrad[8]
15 22 August 1942 17:22 MiG-3 PQ 5077, northeast of Rachinka[18]
50 km (31 mi) northeast of Stalingrad 		38 16 September 1942 16:28 Pe-2 PQ 49424[17]
25 km (16 mi) east of Stalingrad
16 23 August 1942 10:17 U-2 PQ 5077, northeast of Rachinka[18]
50 km (31 mi) northeast of Stalingrad 		39 18 September 1942 15:22 Yak-1 PQ 4078[19]
20 km (12 mi) north of Gumrak
17 23 August 1942 15:45 R-5 PQ 4922[18]
50 km (31 mi) northeast of Stalingrad 		40 22 September 1942 07:40 Yak-1 PQ 4076[20]
10 km (6.2 mi) north of Grebenka
18 30 August 1942 05:29 Il-2 PQ 4921[21]
10 km (6.2 mi) east of Grebenka 		41 22 September 1942 07:43 Yak-1 PQ 4075[20]
25 km (16 mi) north of Grebenka
19 30 August 1942 10:10 MiG-3 PQ 5935[21]
15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Grebenka 		42 23 September 1942 09:21 Yak-1 PQ 4075[20]
30 km (19 mi) north of Gumrak
20 2 September 1942 06:05 I-180 (Yak-7) PQ 4989[22]
55 km (34 mi) east-southeast of Stalingrad 		43 25 September 1942 06:25 Yak-1 PQ 49223[20]
25 km (16 mi) northeast of Stalingrad
21 2 September 1942 09:45 P-40 PQ 4949[22]
25 km (16 mi) south of Stalingrad 		44 25 September 1942 09:42 Yak-1 PQ 49364[20]
35 km (22 mi) east of Stalingrad
22 6 September 1942 13:34 Il-2 PQ 4913[22]
50 km (31 mi) southeast of Stalingrad 		45 25 September 1942 14:00 Yak-1 PQ 49263[20]
35 km (22 mi) east of Stalingrad
23 8 September 1942 12:05 Il-2 PQ 4943[10]
15 km (9.3 mi) north of Grebenka 		46 25 September 1942 14:04 La-5 PQ 49261[20]
35 km (22 mi) east of Stalingrad
24 8 September 1942 16:37 Yak-1 PQ 4052[10]
40 km (25 mi) east-southeast of Stalingrad
– 3. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –[8]
Eastern Front — Mediterranean Theater — 1–16 October 1942
47 16 October 1942 11:17 Spitfire 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Ħal Far[23]

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 17:04.[8]
  2. ^ This claim is not listed by Mathews and Foreman.[8]
  3. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:47.[8]
  4. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 11:37.[8]
  5. ^ This claim is not listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock.[17]
  6. ^ According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 53.[29]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Prien 1998, pp. 431, 485.
  2. ^ Prien et al. 2004, pp. 81–82.
  3. ^ Shores, Cull & Malizia 1991, p. 616.
  4. ^ Prien 1998, pp. 489–490.
  5. ^ Weal 2007, p. 122.
  6. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 396–367.
  7. ^ Planquadrat.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 397.
  9. ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 24.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2006, p. 33.
  11. ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 25.
  12. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2006, p. 26.
  13. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2006, p. 35.
  14. ^ a b Prien et al. 2006, p. 27.
  15. ^ a b Prien et al. 2006, p. 28.
  16. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2006, p. 29.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2006, p. 36.
  18. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2006, p. 30.
  19. ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 37.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g Prien et al. 2006, p. 38.
  21. ^ a b Prien et al. 2006, p. 31.
  22. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2006, p. 32.
  23. ^ Prien et al. 2004, p. 81.
  24. ^ Dixon 2023, p. 303.
  25. ^ Patzwall 2008, p. 86.
  26. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 119.
  27. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 141.
  28. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 199.
  29. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 341.

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