Yakov Golishnikov was born in 1920.

Mladshiy leytenant Yakov Golishnikov was posted to 347 IAP in January 1942, flying I-153s on the North Caucasus Front.

In August, he was posted to 482 IAP on the Transcaucasian Front. This unit was also equipped with I-153s.

On 6 September 1942, he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner.

Golishnikov was killed on 14 July 1943, when he didn’t return from a combat mission.

At the time of his death, Golishnikov was credited with 3 biplane victories.

In some sources, his name is given as Galishnikov.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1942
1	02/07/42		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	I-153		North Caucasus Front	347 IAP
2	25/08/42		1	Bf 110	Destroyed	I-153		Transcaucasian Front	482 IAP
3	??/09/42 (a)		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	I-153		Transcaucasian Front	482 IAP
	??/09/42 (a)		1/?	Bf 110	Shared destroyed	I-153		Transcaucasian Front	482 IAP
	??/09/42 (a)		1/?	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	I-153		Transcaucasian Front	482 IAP

Biplane victories: 3 and 2 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 3 and 2 shared destroyed.
(a) Probably claimed before 16 September 1942 because on this date 482 IAP was withdrawn from combat to retrain on LaGG-3s.

Sources:
All aces of Stalin 1936-1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Soviet Aces 1936-1953
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov