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Photograph of Charles W. Drew in a car, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of serviceman Charles W. Drew standing next to a Nieuport 27 aircraft, circa 1917-1918.Inscription: "Happy."Inscription on verso: "59. Lieut. Charles W. Drew, R.M.A. Return to Mrs. Stafford Drew, [street address in Germantown]."

Photograph of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, likely piloted by Charles W. Drew, coming in for a landing, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Coming in for my landing during the R.M.A. tests."

Photograph of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, likely piloted by Charles W. Drew, coming in for a landing, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Maneuvering for my landing to the mark. #5."

Photograph of serviceman Charles W. Drew in the cockpit of a SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft (fuselage number 5, designation "Betsy"), circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of an unidentified aircraft in flight, circa 1917-1918.

Photographic portrait of Charles W. Drew in flight gear, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of an unidentified serviceman standing in front of a donjon (stone tower from an ancient castle), Paudy, France, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of servicemen with a SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft (fuselage number 5, designation "Betsy"), circa 1917-1918.

Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, circa 1917-1918. Discusses his desire to ask Bessie to marry him. One handwritten page.