Lovell Steward ✝

Lowell_C._Steward_(1943)_after_graduating_from_flight_training_at_Tuskegee_Army_Air_Field,_Tuskegee,_ALLovell Steward (25 February 1917 – 17 December 2014) was a member of the famed “Tuskegee Airmen” during World War II, and flew 143 combat missions in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in 1944 in the P-39 Airacobra, P-40 Warhawk and P-51 Mustang.

After his military discharge in 1946, he returned to Los Angeles with his wife to buy a house but they were not able to secure a mortgage because they were black. Because of this, he went to real estate school and obtained a real estate license. In the 1950s he helped to integrate parts of Los Angeles by facilitating home sales.

As a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, he received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007.

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1 comment

  1. Well now you understand what CAVU was all about. VFR from now on. Thanks for your service…………..C

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