Decorated Pilot Harry Stewart, Jr., One of Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Dies at 100

Tuskegee Airmen Detroit Chapter President Arthur Green, (L), holds a P-51 D model plane as Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., (C), and Col. Charles McGee, (R), sign their autographs on the model for the 127th Mission Support Group, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on June 19, 2012. Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who was a member of Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100.

Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group also known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The group were the nation’s first black military pilots.