3 hours 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 ...

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.

15 hours 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. 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 ...

10 hours 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.

12 hours 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.

2 hours 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.

1 day 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.

20 hours ago · (AP) - 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.

2 days ago · Harry Stewart Jr., a Tuskegee Airman and retired corporate vice president, dies at 100 ... "Harry Stewart was a kind man of profound character and accomplishment with a distinguished career of ...

Harry Stewart Jr. recorded three air-to-air victories in one day as a World War II Tuskegee Airman and won the first-ever 'Top Gun' contest for military pilots. By Joshua Skovlund Updated 24 Hours Ago