These are the words on the bronze plaque on the stone memorial adjacent to the seven graves of 5 Squadron RNZAF aircrew who died when their Catalina NZ4048 KN-C crashed on takeoff at Satapuala, Western Samoa,  on Monday 11^th December 1950 and are buried in the cemetery at Maagiagi, Apia.

 ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF

THE TOKELAU ISLANDS AND

THE TOKELAU ADMINISTRATION

IN MEMORY OF THE SEVEN AIRMEN

PILOT OFFICER           J .J. SHRUBSALL

PILOT III            G,.S. GREY

NAVIGATOR III      P.J. CONNOR

NAVIGATOR IV            D.R.N. BROWN

SIGNALLER II                 H.E.R. ELLIOTT

ENGINEER III          J.E. DANIEL

ENGINEER III          D.J. KING

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN

THE SERVICE OF THE TOKELAU

ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION WHEN

THEIR FLYING BOAT CRASHED AT

SATAPUALA   11^TH DECEMBER 1950

Earlier photo of NZ4048 at Hobsonville