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Photograph of servicemen with a Standard J-1 aircraft, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "[name and address of Joseph Wehner's mother]."

Photograph of Joseph Wehner in the cockpit of a Nieuport 27 aircraft, circa 1917-1918Inscription: "Joe Wehner."

Loose scrapbook page containing a photograph of the barracks at Belleville Aviation Field (now Scott Air Force Base), Illinois, circa 1917-1918.Inscription: "Interior of barracks at Belleville."

Loose scrapbook page containing a photograph of Joseph Wehner, circa 1917-1918.Inscription: "Lt. Joseph F. Wehner. 72 Lynn Street, Everett. Army Aviator. Died Sept 20 1918."

Photograph of servicemen working on a SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of Standard J-1 aircraft at Belleville Aviation Field (now Scott Air Force Base) in Illinois, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Two Standard machines at Belleville Aviation Field."

Photograph of servicemen examining the wreckage of two crashed SPAD XIII aircraft, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "An accidental take off. Ok. [two illegible words]. [Name and address of Joseph Wehner's mother.]"

Magazine illustration of an America Sopwith Dolphin fighting German Fokker and Albatros aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. Includes an unidentified signature.

Letter from Joseph Wehner to his sister Hazel Wehner, August 29, 1916. Sent from Berlin, where he was working for the YMCA at German prison camps. One folded sheet, four handwritten pages, with envelope and typed transcription.

Letter to Mrs. F. W. Wehner from First Lieutenant H. Whitcomb Nicolson, September 21, 1918. Notifies the Wehner Family that Joseph is missing in action. Two handwritten pages, with typed transcription. (Note: Page 1 of this letter is currently on…