In Memoriam
In Memoriam (our tribute to Lost Members)
We deeply regret that we do not have records for most members or former members lost before 2004. We would be honoured to add names of former comrades that are brought to our attention.
(*) indicates "War Veteran"
879 (Earl MacLeod) Wing Roll of Honour
Air Commodore (Retired) Earl Leslie MacLeod born 5 July 1894 died 19 May 1987
Michael Skakun, member from 1996 to 2004
George Sutherland, member from 1977 to March 16, 2005 (*)
Ruth Birdsell, Treasurer Emeritus, Charter Member from 1979 to Sept 16, 2005 (*)
Ona Singleton, member from 1997 to October 3, 2005
Norman Caulfield, member from 1977 to May 9, 2006
Robert Stinson, member from 1987 to October 23, 2006
Beatrice Graham, member from 2003 to February 2007
Robert “Bud” Thompson, member from 1985 to March 30, 2007
Newton Brydon, DFC, MID, member from 1994 to June 29, 2007 (*)
Kathy Janet Swanson, member from 2005 to January 27, 2008
Jean Louis Beaumier, member from 2005 to November 15, 2008
Henry Norman Burrows, member from 1949 to December 28, 2008 (*)
Otto Schaefer, Charter Member from 1979 to March 18, 2009
Gordon Hutton, member from 2006 to April 2009
JR McDonald, member from 1996 to May 2009
James McNab Chrystal, member from 1999 to November 19, 2009 (*)
Stephen Chamut, member from 2005 to December 24, 2009 (*)
Charles Gordon East, member from 2009 to February 19, 2010
Velma Ursula Daws, member from 2004 to May 9, 2010
Roger Paquette, member from 1990 to November 9, 2010 (*)
Phebe (Ellen) Crutch, member from September 2010 to May 23, 2012
Margaret Brydon, member from 2006 to November 1, 2012
Gladys Rorstrom, Secretary Emeritus, member from 1979 to 12 April 2014
Leonard ``Len`` Heidebrecht, member from January 2006 to January 2015 (*)
Colin Crutch, member from September 2010 to February 15, 2015
Alfred (Fred) Schuh, member from March 2013 to February 20, 2017
David Deal Barrett, member from 2004 to March 6, 2017 (*)
Grant Papineau, member from 1980 to May 13, 2017
Lillian Barrett, member from 2007 to January 9, 2018
Robert Wallin, member from 1985 to July 7, 2018 (*)
Alex Wighton, member from 2004 to August 1, 2018
Reginald Leonard Daws, member from 1995 to December 5, 2018
Lee Morgan Middleton, member from March 2013 to September 3, 2019
John James (JJ) Williams, member from November 2017 to September 19, 2020
Eric Rorstrom, member from September 1979 to May 13, 2021
Ellen Crutch (Van Allen) nee Anderson, member from 2010 to July 5th, 2021
Mary Hockin, member from 2005 to October 3rd, 2021
Warner Hockin, member from 1992 to October 30th, 2021 (*)
Estelle Pamela Temple, member from 2005 to May 6th, 2022
Thomas Lambon, member from 1988 to April 19th, 2023 (*)
Bernard McNicholl, member from 1985 to July 17th, 2023 (*)
Patricia McNicholl, member from 1995 to October 15th, 2023
James (Jim) Monty Wood, (801 Wing) member from 1995 to December 14th, 2023
Jean Ann Woods, member from 2011 to December 10th, 2023
We also remember some of our former members who have taken their last flight.
Tupper Bleakney, Hal Singleton, Beth McCutcheon,
Kenneth Allenby, Margaret Brydon, Joan McEwen, George John Derry Chidlow,
Don Birdsell, Stanley Hemens, Lyn East, Harold Thorp, Vicki Papineau, Horst Gunther
High Flight (by Pilot Officer John Gillespie MaGee Jr.)
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.