Tuskegee Airman and Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot Harry Stewart Dies at 100
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.
Tuskegee Airman, WWII pilot Harry Stewart Jr. has died at age 100
The Tuskegee Airman National Museum in Detroit has confirmed the death of Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving fighter pilots of that era. Stewart, who died in his Bloomfield Hills home on Feb.
Harry Stewart Jr., Tuskegee Airman and combat pilot, dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr., a 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman and decorated World War II veteran who broke barriers in the military, has died. The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum said Feb. 2 that Stewart, one of the last surviving combat pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group, died peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Harry Stewart Jr. Dies at 100; One of Last Tuskegee Airmen to See Combat
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.
Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. recorded three victories in one day and won the first-ever 'Top Gun' contest for military pilots.
One of the last Tuskegee Airmen dies at age 100 in Michigan
Harry S. Stewart Jr., a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for three kills in a single mission, died Sunday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He was 100. Stewart was one of the few remaining veterans who flew with the all-Black Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, during which troops were segregated by race.
Decorated Tuskegee Airman combat pilot Harry Stewart Jr. dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. learned to fly even before he could drive and helped save the world from the evils of fascism.
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One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...
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Remembering Harold White, Canton's Tuskegee Airmen World War II hero
"During World War II, nineteen-year-old Harold White ... Tuskegee Airmen pilots of the all-Black 332 Fighter Group, of which the 99th Fighter Squadron was a part, would fly more than 15,500 ...