Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. (July 4, 1924 – February 2, 2025) was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces, a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, and a fighter pilot who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, best known as the all-African American Tuskegee Airmen.

1 day ago · 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.

5 days ago · Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. was born on July 4, 1924, in Newport News, Va. His father, whose grandparents had been born into slavery, took a job as an assistant galley cook on a passenger liner and ...

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of the 332nd Fighter Group and one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100 years old. The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed Stewart’s death to the Associated Press , saying he passed away peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills ...

6 days ago · 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.

4 days ago · 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. He was 100.

5 days ago · Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, who captured three aerial victories in World War II and was on the winning team for the Air Force’s first ever aerial gunnery competitive, died Feb. 2. He was 100. Stewart grew up in New York City.

4 days ago · Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr., the oldest of four children of a postal worker and a homemaker, was born in Newport News, Virginia, on July 4, 1924. He was 2 when the family resettled in Queens, where ...