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.

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.

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

Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. of Michigan, one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, has died.

Lt. Col. 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. He was 100.