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Sri Lanka Air Force Museum

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Phone
  
+94 11 2 625615

Function
  
Museum

Sri Lanka Air Force Museum

Address
  
10390, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka

Hours
  
Open today · 8:30AM–4:30PMFriday8:30AM–4:30PMSaturday8:30AM–4:30PMSunday8:30AM–4:30PMMondayClosedTuesday8:30AM–4:30PMWednesday8:30AM–4:30PMThursday8:30AM–4:30PMSuggest an edit

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The Sri Lanka Air Force Museum (SLAF Museum) is the museum of the Sri Lanka Air Force, and its predecessor, the Royal Ceylon Air Force. Open to the public, the museum is at the SLAF Ratmalana and is maintained by the Sri Lanka Air Force.

Contents

The brainchild of Air Chief Marshal Harry Goonatilake, former Commander of the Air Force, the museum exhibits, amongst other things, former aircraft and equipment of the SLAF and the RCyAF. Notable items include the medals and sword of Air Vice Marshal E. R. Amarasekara, the first Ceylonese Commander of the Air Force. The museum also has remnants of Japanese aircraft shot down over Ceylon during World War 2 and artifacts from the LTTE aircraft shot down during the Suicide Air Raid on Colombo. An Austin Fire Fighting Vehicle and a Shorland armoured car used by the Sri Lanka Air Force is exhibited as well.

Aircraft

Aircraft that have been preserved by the SLAF. A few of these fly but most are held by SLAF Museum.

  • Airspeed Oxford
  • Hawker Siddeley HS 748
  • Westland Dragonfly
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F
  • FMA IA 58 Pucará
  • BAC Jet Provost
  • Boulton Paul Balliol
  • de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
  • de Havilland Heron
  • de Havilland Tiger Moth
  • References

    Sri Lanka Air Force Museum Wikipedia