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{{Short description|U.S.American ArmyTuskegee AirAirmen Forcefighter pilot, member of Tuskegee Airmen(1918–2014)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Clarence C. Jamison
| image=File:Clarence C. Jamison.jpg
| image_size=150px
| birth_name = Clarence Clifford Jamison
| nickname = "Jamie"
| birth_date = February 25, 1918
| birth_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], US
| death_date = {{death date and age|19432014|03|06|18|1918|06|18}} 96
| death_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], US
| resting_place = [[Arlington National Cemetery]], Section 60, Site 10604
| awards=[[Congressional Gold Medal]] awarded to the Tuskegee Airmen
| alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Military officer|fighter pilot}}
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'''Clarence Clifford “Jamie” Jamison''' (February 25, 1918 – March 6, 2014) was ana [[U.S. Army Air Force]] officer and combat fighter pilot with the [[332nd Fighter Group]]'s [[99th Fighter Squadron]], best known as the prodigious, all-[[African American]] [[Tuskegee Airmen]], "Red Tails," or “Schwartze“Schwarze Vogelmenschen” ("Black Birdmen") among enemy German pilots.<ref name="togetherweserved">{{Cite web|title=U.S.A.F. Veteran Online Memorial {{!}} TWS Roll of Honor|url=https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=172037|access-date=2021-07-17|website=airforce.togetherweserved.com}}</ref>

He is notable for being a member of Tuskegee Airmen's second-ever aviation cadet program,was one of the first seveneight (8) African American combat fighter pilots ever, and one of the 1007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots.<ref name="togetherweserved"/><ref name="CAF2">{{cite web|title=Tuskegee Airmen Pilot Roster|url=https://cafriseabove.org/the-tuskegee-airmen/tuskegee-airmen-pilot-roster/|access-date=2020-08-11|website=CAF Rise Above}}</ref><ref name="cafriseabove">{{Cite web|date=2019-10-08|title=Clarence C. Jamison|url=https://cafriseabove.org/clarence-c-jamison/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=CAF Rise Above|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Jamison and Lt. [[Allen G. Lane]] became the first African American flying instructors at Tuskegee Army Air Field's P-40 transitional school.<ref>History of Tuskegee Army Air Field, Mar-Jun 1944, AFHRA call number 289.28-4, vol. 1).</ref><ref>CAF Rise Above. "TUSKEGEE AIRMEN CHRONOLOGY." DANIEL L. HAULMAN, ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY BRANCH, AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AGENCY, MAXWELL AFB, AL 36112-6424. 11 March 2016. <https://cafriseabove.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TUSKEGEE-AIRMEN-CHRONOLOGY.pdf</ref>
 
==Early life==
Jamison was born on February 25, 1918, in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].<ref name="cafriseabove"/> Jamison's siblings included older brothers Sterling Jamison and Thurston Jamison, and younger siblings Rae Jamison, Alvin Jamison, and Richard Jamison.<ref name="cafriseabove"/>
 
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]].<ref name="cafriseabove"/>
 
Jamison attended [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]'s Bolton Elementary School and [[Little Rock Central High School]].<ref name="cafriseabove"/> 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.<ref name="cleveland">{{Cite webnews|lastnewspaper=AlbrechtThe Plain Dealer|firstauthor=Brian|last2=Dealer|first2=The PlainAlbrecht|date=2014-03-12|title=Tuskegee Airman Clarence C. Jamison dies at 96|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2014/03/tuskegee_airman_clarence_c_jam.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=cleveland|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-01|title=Tuskegee Airman Clarence Jamison|url=https://stanstokes.art/blog/stan-stokes-painting-of-tuskegee-airman-clarence-jamison/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Stan Stokes - Artist|language=en-US}}</ref> While at Chicago, Jamison pledged [[Kappa Alpha Psi]] Fraternity Inc.fraternity's Iota Chapterchapter.<ref name="cafriseabove"/>
 
Jamison was married to Phyllis L. Piersawl Jamison for 53 years until her death.<ref name="cleveland"/> They had two children: daughter Michal Jamison Offutt and son Clarence C. Jamison Jr.<ref name="cleveland"/> They had four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.<ref name="cleveland"/>
 
==Military Career, World War II, Tuskegee Airmen, Korean War==
Interested in becoming a pilot, Jamison applied for the federal government-sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program.<ref name="cafriseabove"/> In 1940, Jamison earned his civilian pilot's license, accumulating 72 hours of ground training and 50 hours of flight training.<ref name="cleveland"/> 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.<ref name="cafriseabove"/>
 
On April 29, 1942, Jamison graduated asfrom athe memberTuskegee ofAdvance theFlying SingleSchool Engine(TAFS)'s SectionClass ClassNumber SE-42-DC - Single Engine Section. HisThe fellowU.S. graduatesArmy includedAir 2ndCorps Ltassigned [[SidneyJamison P.to Brooks]]the and332nd 2ndFighter LtGroup's [[Charles99th W.Fighter DrydenSquadron]].<ref name="cafriseabove"/> As a member of Tuskegee Airmen's second-ever aviation cadet program, Jamison is also notable for being one of the first seven African American combat fighter pilots ever, and one of the 1007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots.<ref name="CAF2"/>
 
The U.S. Army Air Corps assigned Jamison to the 332nd Fighter Group's [[99th Fighter Squadron]].
 
Jamison flew 67 combat missions in [[World War II]]'s [[European Theater]] including North Africa and [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newspaper stories featuring Tuskegee Airman Clarence Jamison|url=https://cafriseabove.org/artifact/newspaper-stories-featuring-tuskegee-airman-clarence-jamison/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=CAF RISE ABOVE|language=en-US}}</ref> In January 1944, Jamison led his squadron on a patrol mission where it encountered a massive formation of enemy German fighter planes attacking Allied ground positions. Outnumbered two-to-one, Jamison's squadron took the enemy head-on, shooting down five enemy aircraft.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=CLARENCE C. "Jamie" JAMISON Obituary (2014) The Plain Dealer|url=https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/clarence-jamison-obituary?pid=170130655|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Legacy.com}}</ref>
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==Awards==
* [[Air Medal]] with seven oak leaf clusters<ref name="cafriseabove"/>
* [[Congressional Gold Medal]] awarded to Tuskegee Airmen in 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Law 109–213—APR. 11, 2006 Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen|url=https://www.congress.gov/109/plaws/publ213/PLAW-109publ213.pdf|website=Congress.gov|publisher=US Library of Congress|date=19 November 2021|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
 
==Honors, Book==
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[[Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery]]
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