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.

Decorated World War II pilot Harry Stewart Jr., a Tuskegee Airman who broke barriers in the military, has died, per the Associated Press. He was 100. On Sunday (February 2), the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum said Stewart,

Harry Stewart Jr. learned to fly even before he could drive and helped save the world from the evils of fascism.

The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed the death of Retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr. to the Associated Press.

He was one of two of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed combat pilots of World War II.

Harry S. Stewart Jr., a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for three kills in a single mission, died Sunday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He was 100. Stewart was one of the few remaining veterans who flew with the all-Black Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, during which troops were segregated by race.

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.

Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group, the nation's first Black military pilots.

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.

A decorated fighter pilot and legend in U.S. aviation history, Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen before his death this past weekend.