Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group who were the nation's first military pilots.

His boyhood dream to be an adventurous pilot was fulfilled thanks to World War II. But, as a civilian, racial prejudice kept him out of the cockpit.

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 Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., credited with taking down three Nazi planes in one fight while flying with the Tuskegee Airmen, has died at age 100.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last two remaining members of the 355 original Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, has died. He was 100.

Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. — of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, more commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen — died Sunday at this Bloomfield Hills home, the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed. He was 100.

Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group also known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The group were the nation’s first Black military pilots.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. was 100 years old. The Associated Press reported that the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed his death, saying he died peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on Sunday.

A decorated fighter pilot and legend in U.S. aviation history, Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen before his death this past weekend.