The Pilot Officer Douglas Spencer Aitken Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.
Spencer Aitken came to Calgary from Lethbridge to attend Mount Royal College in 1937/38, joining the hockey and rugby teams as well as serving as art editor of the 1937/38 Chinook Yearbook. The yearbook congratulated him on being “outstanding in College sports”, and noted that Aitken made many friends at Mount Royal. Always wanting to be a pilot, Aitken joined Unit 403 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed on March 8, 1942 when his Spitfire plane went missing over enemy territory.
