Snoopy WWI Flying Ace

The first appearance of the Flying Ace, published October 10, 1965, featured Snoopy wearing a leather helmet with goggles and piloting his doghouse as an imaginary Sopwith Camel—the name given to fighter biplanes flown by British and American pilots in the latter part of World War I. “It’s the Dawn Patrol,” exclaimed Snoopy. “We’re out to hunt down the Red Baron!” In real life, the Red Baron was the nickname of German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, the deadliest flying ace of World War I.