"The origin of Snoopy as flying ace, in 1965: Shultz's son Monte had been making WW1 airplane models. Schulz was at his drawing board when his son brought his most recent model by, and a ...

Embodying his World War I Flying Ace persona, Snoopy reports for duty to bring down the Red Baron. To do so, though, Snoopy needs access to his Sopwith Camel, which is his fighter plane.