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Five awards sewn together on ribbon bar: Distinguished Flying Cross, British WWII Service Star, the Burma Star, Canada Volunteer Service with metal maple leaf pin, and British War Medal.

Fabric Royal Canadian Air Force pilots wings patch. White wings with brown laurel wreath at center, RCAF with crown in center.

Curved wool patch. Black background with white text "Canada"

2 metal identification tags tied together with a piece of twine. Each tag is silver, round and stamped with same text, "67635" followed by two lines of illegible text.

Pair of pressed paper dog tags on length of necklace chain. Both tags have the same information, one is a circle and the other is hexagon. CAN JS6252 / Officer / BS Wygle / CE RCAF Verso of hexagonal tag reads "Do not remove"

Distinguished Flying Cross medal in presentation box. Silver cross with "RF" at center, hanging from a purple and white striped ribbon. On back of cross "GRL 1918" and "1946" are stamped. Ribbon has a straight back pin closure. Medal is in original…

Fabric blood chit in the shape of a rectangle. Blue, red and black print. Front side has British Flag in upper left corner, with the same text translated into many different languages on front of chit. Back of chit is blank. Text reads: "Dear friend,…

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Brien Wygle and interviewer Dan Hagedorn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, November 13, 2013.

In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Reade F. Tilley discusses his military service with the Royal Air Force during World War II. In part one, he describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time in the European and…

Photograph of a Blackburn Lincock (F.2) aircraft (fuselage designation G-AALH) of the Royal Canadian Air Force parked at an airfield, likely at the National Air Races in Ohio, circa 1930s.Inscription: "C.R.A.F. Blackburn-Lincock."Inscription on…