Awards
Member of the Year
Don Birdsell
Reg Daws
Vicki Papineau
Ron Molnar
Grant Papineau
Jock McLaren
Robert Wardle
Tom Lambon
Warner Hockin
Lena Claris
Lyn East
John Claris
Ursula Gunther
Sheila Hershey
Ted Bowman
Doris Leaman
(The Member of the Year Award was retired after 2019 and incorporated into the Lieutenant Karen Lee Fraser Trophy Award). Bars to the Wing Dedicated Service Award were discontinued in 2023.
Special Honours
Sergeant Timothy Woznow, MMM CD Special Life Honourary Membership 2018
Dawn Mann Woznow, Special Life Honourary Membership 2020
Lieutenant Karen Lee Fraser Trophy
Eric Rostrom
Roger Paquette
Ruth Birdsell
William Kennedy
Norman Caulfield
Henry Norman "Hank" Burrows
Don Birdsell
James Chrystal
Thomas Lambon
Betty & Ken Allenby
Joan Kathryn McEwen
Gordon Hutton
Douglas Carson
Reginald L. Daws
Grant Papineau
Robert Wardle
Lyn East
John & Lena Claris
Jock McLaren
Sheila Hershey
Ursula Gunther
Timothy Woznow
Bernard McNicholl
Wing Dedicated Service Award
Eric Rorstrom (with Bar)
Don Birdsell
Warner Hockin
R. Thompson
Robert Wallin
Ron Molnar
James Chrystal
Vicki Papineau (with Bar)
Reginald L. Daws
Stan Hemens
Grant Papineau (with Bar)
Ken Allenby
Robert Wardle
Joan McEwen
Douglas Carson
Fred Johansen
Ellen Crutch
Lena Claris (with Bar)
Gordon Loan-Johnston
Alec Wighton
Sheila Hershey (with Bar)
Ursula Gunther (with Bar)
Monica Gibson-Pugsley
Patricia McNicholl
Renate Daws
David Deal Barrett (with Bar)
Alfred Schuh
George Miller
Ted Bowman
Henry Norman (Hank) Burrows
Roy Fraser
Norman Caulfield
Ruth Birdsell
Thomas Lambon (with Bar)
Gladys Rorstrom
Roger Paquette
Clara Howe
J.R. McDonald
Velma Daws
Betty Allenby
Newton Brydon
Len Heidebrecht
Jack Kopstein
Marjorie Johansen
Mary Hockin
Lyn East
John Claris (with Bar)
Gordon Loan-Johnston
Colin Crutch
Pamela Temple
Irene Loan-Johnston
Jock McLaren
Doris Leaman
Lillian Barrett
Brian Williams
Jean Ann Woods
John James (JJ) Williams (posthumously)
Lloyd Luft
Linda Pickell
Ian Whiting
Pacific Group Awards
(Legacy awards. Pacific Group is no longer operational)
Couples Award
Gladys & Eric Rorstrom
Marjorie & Fred Johansen
Lena & John Claris
Member of the Year
Reginald L. Daws
David Deal Barrett
Ursula Gunther
Jock McLaren
President's Award
George Miller
Reginald L. Daws
National Awards
(Award of Merit - AM Award of Distinction - AD Meritorious Service Award (MSA)
Life Membership (Honourary) Award (LMA) Distinguished Service Award (DSA)
Order of Excellence
(Note: Paid Life Memberships purchased by members are not included in this publication. Life Memberships granted to members over 90 years of age are indicated by LM)
Ken Allenby, AM (Last Post) David Deal Barrett, AM (Last Post) Ruth Birdsell, Treasurer Emeritus, AM, AD, MSA (Last Post) Don Birdsell, AM (Last Post) Ted Bowman, AM Henry Norman (Hank) Burrows, AM, LMA (Last Post) Douglas Carson, AM, AD John Claris, AM, AD Lena Claris, AM, AD Ellen Crutch, AM , AD (Last Post)
Reginald L. Daws, AM, AD, MSA, DSA, Order of Excellence, LMA (Last Post)
Renate Daws, AM, AD Lyn East, AM, AD, MSA (Last Post) Roy Fraser, AM, AD, MSA, LM
Ursula Gunther, AM, AD Sheila Hershey, AM, AD, MSA
Warner Hockin, AM, AD, LMA, Knight of the French National Legion of Honour (Last Post) Thomas Lambon, AM, AD, LM (Last Post) Doris Leaman, AM, AD
Gordon Loan-Johnston, AM
Jock McLaren, AM, AD , LMA Bernard (Bernie) McNicholl, AM , LMA (Last Post) Grant Papineau, AM, AD, MSA (Last Post) Vicki Papineau, AM, AD (Last Post) Monica Gibson -Pugsley, AM Eric Rorstrom, AM, AD, LMA (Last Post) Gladys Rorstrom, Secretary Emeritus, AM, AD, MSA (Last Post)
Robert Wallin, AM (Last Post) Ian Whiting, AM, MSA (801 Wing) James M. Wood, LMA (801 Wing)
Wing Citation
The Wing Citation represents our deepest appreciation for outstanding contributions to our Wing and to the Royal Canadian Air Force Association by community organizations and individuals. The award is presented as an official Royal Canadian Air Force Association framed certificate citing the recipient’s name and the reason for the award. Unique inscriptions conform with the spirit and intent of "In recognition and appreciation of valuable services rendered to the progress and benefit of 879 (Earl MacLeod) Wing."
Recipients include Mary Hockin 1996, Eileen Molnar 2000, Joyce Paquette 2001, Darryl Murphy on behalf of the Darryl Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing Company in 2002, Leanne Burt representing Cottonwood Mall in 2005, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 4 2006, The Royal Canadian Legion Vedder Golden Branch 280 2006, Mr. John Chupik 2006, Padre Angus Haggarty of the Salvation Army 2007, Joyce Paquette 2008, 147 Airwolf Sqn, RCAC 2009, Janet Crawford & her CMS Gr 9 class 2010, Robert Young, Principal CMS 2010, Clark’s Restaurant & Catering 2011, Tim Hockin 2012, Graham Stott 2012, Sergeant Tim Woznow 442 T&R Sqn 2013, Janet Crawford, CMS 2013, James Harris, CFBCHS 2014, 147 Airwolf Parent Society 2015; Tim Wright & the Chilliwack Community Band 2016; The Fraser Blues Formation Flying Team 2017; Walter Webster RCL Br280 Sergeant-at-Arms representing the branch Colour Party 2018; Monica Gibson-Pugsley for outstanding support to 879 Wing 2021.