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 ...

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.

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 ...