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Registration: XK410

Construction Number: B5/10/113

Model Auster AOP9

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: Christmas Island (CXI / PLCH), Line Islands

Photographer: George Trussell

Date Taken: 12/1958

Date Submitted: 15/04/2006

Spraying DDT over the tent lines on Christmas Island to keep the flys down - a daily duty. I had to "snap and dive" into my tent to prevent being covered in DDT.

Picture ID:1000073

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