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.

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.

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.

Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. of Michigan, one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was born on the Fourth of July in 1924.

Harry Stewart Jr. — of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, more commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen — died Sunday at his Bloomfield Hills home, the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., credited with taking down three Nazi planes in one fight while flying with the Tuskegee Airmen, has died at age 100.

One of the last surviving combat pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII and Bloomfield Hills resident, has died.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. was 100 years old. The Associated Press reported that the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed his death, saying he died peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on Sunday.