Military service
Service number:
J/1486
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
238 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 2, 1919
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 6, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 4, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXXIII. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of Harry and Stella Phelan, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Flying Officer Donegan Frederick Phelan who was killed in a flying accident on May 4, 1941 while serving the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
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Photo of Jerome David Phelan
Pilot Officer J.D. Phelan RCAF, No. 15 Course, 58 Operational Training Unit. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
The memorial at De La Salle College (Oaklands) Toronto to the former students killed in the Second World War. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jerome David Phelan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 106 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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