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Clarence C. Jamison
Clarence Clifford “Jamie” Jamison (February 25, 1918 – March 6, 2014) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer and combat fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the all-African American Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or “Schwarze Vogelmenschen” ("Black Birdmen") among enemy German pilots.
He was one of the first eight African American combat fighter pilots.
Jamison and Lt. Allen G. Lane became the first African American flying instructors at Tuskegee Army Air Field's P-40 transitional school.
Jamison was born on February 25, 1918, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Jamison's siblings included older brothers Sterling Jamison and Thurston Jamison, and younger siblings Rae Jamison, Alvin Jamison, and Richard Jamison.
In 1923, Richard Sr. and Sallie moved five-year old Clarence and their oldest children to Cleveland, Ohio, leaving Clarence's grandparents, Edward Stewart and Callie Stewart, and the Clarence's younger siblings back in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1924, the entire family reunited in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Jamison attended Little Rock, Arkansas's Bolton Elementary School and Little Rock Central High School. After graduating from Central, Jamison attended the University of Chicago where he majored in pre-medicine and medical bacteriology, lived with an uncle in Chicago, and worked a part-time job as a bookkeeping machine operator. While at Chicago, Jamison pledged Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity's Iota chapter.
Jamison was married to Phyllis L. Piersawl Jamison for 53 years until her death. They had two children: daughter Michal Jamison Offutt and son Clarence C. Jamison Jr. They had four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Interested in becoming a pilot, Jamison applied for the federal government-sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program. In 1940, Jamison earned his civilian pilot's license, accumulating 72 hours of ground training and 50 hours of flight training. He soon applied for the U.S. Army Air Force's Tuskegee Army Air Field training program. Never receiving a response, Jamison wrote First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a staunch proponent of Tuskegee's program. Five weeks later, Jamison was accepted as a Tuskegee Army Air Field training program cadet, enlisting August 21, 1941.
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Clarence C. Jamison
Clarence Clifford “Jamie” Jamison (February 25, 1918 – March 6, 2014) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer and combat fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the all-African American Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or “Schwarze Vogelmenschen” ("Black Birdmen") among enemy German pilots.
He was one of the first eight African American combat fighter pilots.
Jamison and Lt. Allen G. Lane became the first African American flying instructors at Tuskegee Army Air Field's P-40 transitional school.
Jamison was born on February 25, 1918, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Jamison's siblings included older brothers Sterling Jamison and Thurston Jamison, and younger siblings Rae Jamison, Alvin Jamison, and Richard Jamison.
In 1923, Richard Sr. and Sallie moved five-year old Clarence and their oldest children to Cleveland, Ohio, leaving Clarence's grandparents, Edward Stewart and Callie Stewart, and the Clarence's younger siblings back in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1924, the entire family reunited in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Jamison attended Little Rock, Arkansas's Bolton Elementary School and Little Rock Central High School. After graduating from Central, Jamison attended the University of Chicago where he majored in pre-medicine and medical bacteriology, lived with an uncle in Chicago, and worked a part-time job as a bookkeeping machine operator. While at Chicago, Jamison pledged Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity's Iota chapter.
Jamison was married to Phyllis L. Piersawl Jamison for 53 years until her death. They had two children: daughter Michal Jamison Offutt and son Clarence C. Jamison Jr. They had four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Interested in becoming a pilot, Jamison applied for the federal government-sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program. In 1940, Jamison earned his civilian pilot's license, accumulating 72 hours of ground training and 50 hours of flight training. He soon applied for the U.S. Army Air Force's Tuskegee Army Air Field training program. Never receiving a response, Jamison wrote First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a staunch proponent of Tuskegee's program. Five weeks later, Jamison was accepted as a Tuskegee Army Air Field training program cadet, enlisting August 21, 1941.