Shirantha Goonatilake

Military Person

– 1995

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Who was Shirantha Goonatilake?

Air Commodore Shirantha Goonatilake RWP, RSP, SLAF was Sri Lankan aviator and most senior Air Force officer to be killed in action. He was the youngest son of Air Chief Marshal Harry Goonatilake the 5th Commander of the Air Force from 1976 to 1981 and the brother of the current Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonatilake.

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Nationality
  • Sri Lanka
Education
  • Royal College
Died
Apr 29, 1995
Jaffna

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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