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helicopter crash

Corporal David Steven Askin, former New Zealand SASR, killed in a helicopter crash, 14 February, while fighting bushfires near Christchurch. NZDF file photo.
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Ex NZ SAS killed in bushfire-fighting helicopter crash

15/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 27076 Views 0 Comments helicopter crash, NZSASR, SAS

The New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed reports that a helicopter pilot who died in a crash while fighting fires in

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