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Did you Know the First Black Combat Pilot to Fly for Britain was Jamaican William Robinson Clarke?

William Robinson Clarke

William R. Clarke made history when he became the first black pilot to fly for Britain during World War I. Born to Eugenia Clarke in Kingston, Jamaica on Oct. 4, 1895, the aviator was a mechanic and also one of the first Jamaicans to learn how to drive. When war broke out in 1914, Clarke […]

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