Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., center, and Col. Charles McGee, right, sign their names, June 2012. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP) First organized as a “racial experiment,” a contingent of Black ...

(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.

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 ...

Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., center, and Col. Charles McGee, right sign their autographs on the model for the 127th Mission Support Group, June 19, 2012, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

But, as a civilian, racial prejudice kept him out of the cockpit. By Alex Traub Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated former combat pilot who was among the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the all-Black ...