serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit battles birth_date rank article_title name
1941-46 airline pilot royal air force chief pilot air ceylon australia 18 august 2005 colombo , ceylon sri lanka ceylon united kingdom australia 504 squadron world redhill , burma assam , minneriya ceylon war ii , ibsley , church stanton , 29 november 1918 probationary pilot officer -lrb- flight sergeant -rrb- rex de silva
 rex de silva
rex de silva

rex de silva was chief pilot of air ceylon and a sri lankan -lrb- ceylonese -rrb- who served as a fighter pilot in the royal air force in world war ii .
