MARK Gibson one of the airmen killed in the Hercules crash in Iraq will be laid to rest today.

A military flypast was planned to honour him during a ceremony at Lydiard Tregoze parish church at 11am.

Flight Sergeant Gibson was based at RAF Lyneham.

He is survived by his wife Sheila and daughter Poppy, seven.

The exact cause of January's crash, in which 10 of his colleagues were killed, has yet to be fully established.