Clarence Jamison. Clarence C. “Jamie” Jamison trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama during the war for duty in the then-segregated U.S. military forces. He flew a fighter on 67 combat missions in the 99th Pursuit Squadron, seeing action in North Africa and Italy.
Jamison once recalled that battle for a newspaper reporter, remembering when the aerial dogfight brought his fighter right above an enemy plane: “The pilot looks at me. I look at him. We’re both surprised to be so close. I fire and he starts smokin’.”
The Birmingham News – Fri May 1, 1942. Article of second graduating class of Tuskegee Airmen.
The New York Age – Sat May 27, 1944. Returning Fighters From Italy Have Well-Earned Vacation
The New York Age – Sat May 27, 1944
The New York Age – Sat Aug 19, 1944