Harry Stewart Jr. was 100 years old ... After his service, he wanted to become a commercial airline pilot but wasn’t hired because he was Black. He ended up earning a mechanical engineering ...

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.

Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving fighter pilots of that era. Stewart, who lived in Bloomfield Hills, turned 100 years old on July 4, 2024. A birthday party in his honor was ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of World War II’s few remaining members of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died peacefully in his home in Michigan on Sunday, the Tuskegee Airmen ...

Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, died this week. He was 100 years old. The Tuskegee Airmen were a predominantly Black unit of Army pilots that ...

Harry T. Stewart celebrates his “hat trick” after downing three Nazi aircraft. (Courtesy of Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart/HistoryNet) Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., one of World War II’s ...

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. Stewart was one of ...