The shoulder badge (we Canadians call them shoulder flashes) with the silver grey "Canada" on a dark grey background was for wear by RCAF Officers and was in use from the beginning of the RCAF (1924). The other flash - silver grey "Canada" on a dark blue background was for "other ranks" early in WW2. An albatross was usually directly below it. Later in WW2, a single badge with the Albatross surmounted by the "Canada" was adopted (and I would presume made sewing them on much easier!)
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