1 day ago · Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100.

Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. (July 4, 1924 – February 2, 2025) was an American fighter pilot. He was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces, and a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, best known …

6 days ago · Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single day, leading a storied Air Force career before leaving active duty in 1950.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of the 332nd Fighter Group and one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100 years old. The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed Stewart’s death to the Associated Press , saying he passed away peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills ...

5 days ago · Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated former combat pilot who was among the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the all-Black unit of the Army Air Forces in World War II, and who, after being denied a ...

6 days ago · Tuskegee Airmen Detroit Chapter President Arthur Green, left, of Farmington Hills, holds a P-51 D model plane as Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., center, and Col. Charles McGee, right sign their autographs on the model for the 127th Mission Support Group, June 19, 2012, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

6 days ago · Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, who captured three aerial victories in World War II and was on the winning team for the Air Force’s first ever aerial gunnery competitive, died Feb. 2.

5 days ago · DETROIT — Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100.

5 days ago · Harry Stewart Jr., who flew 43 missions over Europe as a fighter pilot and was among the last surviving combat veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-Black squadron in the segregated U.S ...

5 days ago · Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart, Jr., who was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, died this week at the age of 100. The Tuskegee Airmen were an all-Black unit of pilots that fought during World...