WWII Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart Jr. dies at 100-years-old

Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a Tuskegee Airman, celebrates his 100th birthday on July 4, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan, at the Coleman A. Young International Airport. (Image courtesy of Getty Images/Monica Morgan)

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    One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen has died in Bloomfield Hills at the age of 100.
    
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    Lt. Col. Harry S. Stewart Jr served in WWII and later became a VP at Detroit s ANR Pipeline Co.
    
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    He is survived by his daughter, Lori Collette Stewart.
    

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  One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen has died in Bloomfield Hills at the age of 100.
  
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  Lt. Col. Harry S. Stewart Jr served in WWII and later became a VP at Detroit s ANR Pipeline Co.
  
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  He is survived by his daughter, Lori Collette Stewart.
  

(FOX 2) BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MIA citizen of Bloomfield Hills and one of the last combat pilots to survive the WWII Tuskegee Airmen has passed away.

On Monday, the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum announced that Lt. Col. Harry S. Stewart Jr. passed away on February 2 at his home in Bloomfield Hills.

On July 4, 1924, he was born in Newport News, Virginia.

As one of four Tuskegee Airmen to shoot down three enemy aircraft in a single day during World War II, Stewart escorted bombers while serving with the renowned 332nd Fighter Group.

He was also a member of the squad that won the Air Force’s inaugural Top Gun Aerial Combat competition in 1949, according to the museum.

Stewart’s valor during the conflict won him the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a Tuskegee Airman, celebrates his 100th birthday on July 4, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan, at the Coleman A. Young International Airport. (Image courtesy of Getty Images/Monica Morgan)

Brian Smith, President and CEO of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum, said, “Harry Stewart was a kind man of profound character and accomplishment with a distinguished career of service he continued long after fighting for our country in World War II.” “We are deeply saddened by his passing and extend our condolences to his family and friends around the world.”

According to the museum, Stewart attended New York University following World War II and earned a degree in mechanical engineering in 1963.

After that, he would retire as vice president of Detroit’s ANR Pipeline Co.

Lori Collette Stewart, his daughter, is his surviving child.

The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum provided the information that FOX 2 used.