Elwood

Description of Award:

The competition is no longer held due to conflicts with the present Air Cadet Training Program.

Participating Squadrons competed for the Glen Ellwood Trophy signifying the top Manitoba Squadron, with a complement of 49 cadets or less, in drill and deportment at the Golden Falcon event. The previous years 30 April Average Registered Cadet Population was used to determine a squadron's population. This Manitoba Air Cadet Squadrons' Drill Competition was named in honour of Squadron Leader Glenmore Benjamin Ellwood, DSO DFC and bar (1918 - 27 March, 1999) of Portage La Prairie. He was a navigator in Bomber Command with 405 and 617 squadrons. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1941. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 4 October 1943; the Distinguished Service Order on 29 September 1944; and the bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross on 23 November 1945. He flew four bombing mission tours for a total of 120 missions and was one of only three Canadians to survive the war with that many tours of operations. Squadron Leader Ellwood was an active and strong supporter of the Air Cadet Program in Portage La Prairie.