Hi David
I have read through his entire
(fascinating) service file and other than the Memorial Cross to his Mother, a Memorial Bar was also sent. That is all that is recorded in the file WRT medals.
His file is online here:
https://collectionscanada.ca/obj/001...spie-j5823.pdf
That said, Pilot Officer Magee most certainly qualified for medals. Although there is no mention in his file online, his 14 months of service in Canada and in the UK as an Operational Fighter Pilot in the RCAF would have earned him, at the very least, the fol medals:
1939-1945 Star,
Air Crew Europe Star,
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal w/ Overseas clasp, and
1939-1945 War Medal.
The criteria for each have length of service and location caveats but some of those are waived if killed on service.
A basic description for each can be found here:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remem...ls-decorations
All were un-named as issued and were not even issued until after the war. It is possible that they were not sent but also that they were but his parents did not receive them as they had moved in 1945. Maybe returned to Ottawa as undelivered? Again, normally one should see that in the file but it is not there.
There is no Discharge certificate or medal entitlement card in the online file, as I would have expected, but that may or may not be unusual. I do not have lot of experience with RCAF casualty files.
His death was not a Training Accident except in the view that an Oxford Training aircraft and his Spitfire collided but he himself was Operational with 412 Sqn. A Flying Accident would be a better description as he had completed all training and was posted to an Operational Sqn.
Hope that helps.
regards
Darrell