caption serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
air chief marshal harry goonetileke 30 years air lanka , board of directors 25px sri lanka air force commander of air staff , director operations . of the sri lankan air force , chief colombo , sri lanka 11 april 2008 mutwall , ceylon sri lanka sri lanka no. 2 -lrb- transport -rrb- squadron , rcyaf uttama service medal , ceylon armed services long service medal seva padakkama , sri lanka armed services long 1971 insurrection , sri lankan civil war 27 november 1929 air chief marshal harry goonatilake
 harry goonetileke
harry goonatilake

air chief marshal w.d. harry goonetileke usp , ndc , psc , slaf -lrb- november 27 , 1929 -- april 11 , 2008 -rrb- was the fifth commander of the sri lanka air force from november 1 , 1976 to april 30 , 1981 .
