Dave Moriarty, an RNZAF pilot who won the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal for bravery over Normandy in 1944, passed away on Anzac Day.

The Air Force crewmen killed in an Anzac Day crash were farewelled at a full military funeral in Ohakea this afternoon.

The survivor of a crash that killed three colleagues is having difficulty comprehending his fate, his uncle said.

The father of one of three Air Force crewmen killed in the Anzac Day Iroquois crash said his son "died doing the thing he loved."

About 160 Defence Force personnel will miss the military funeral for their colleagues killed in the Anzac Day helicopter crash.

Investigators will try to find out if an Air Force helicopter crew was performing an emergency turn when it crashed into a hillside.

The sole survivor of the worst Air Force tragedy in decades probably does not know three colleagues have died.

An Air Force crewman ran 2km through rugged uphill terrain to get to the helicopter wreck that contained the bodies of three colleagues.

Three young men who were dedicated to their country should have gone on to accomplish much more in the years to come.

The helicopter that crashed into a hill near Pukerua Bay was part of an ageing fleet that will be replaced by 2013.

Today's helicopter crash happened almost 38 years to the day after the Air Force's only other fatal Iroquois chopper accident.

Thousands of people turned out at dawn ceremonies around the country this morning.

Veterans in Gallipoli for the 95th Anniversary of the landings on Anzac Day had their first look at the battleground sites yesterday.

More than a decade later, Kiwis are still patrolling the streets of East Timor.