But, as a civilian, racial prejudice kept him out of the cockpit. By Alex Traub Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated former combat pilot who was among the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the all-Black ...

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 War II.

WASHINGTON — 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.

Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of the last remaining combat pilots of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, passed away on ...