ON this date in 1918 - German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," was shot down and killed during World War I.
While legend has it that Snoopy was the pilot who shot down The Red Baron, it was actually Bun Man who was flying his Sopwith Camel biplane which had been introduced in 1917.
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Mr. P was Bun's gunner, but P was sick that day, so Snoopy was picked up out of the fantasy draft and he became Bun's gunner for that day.
The real feat was that the Sopwith Camel was a single seat plane so Snoopy had one hand on a tether to the plane and the other firing the machine gun...
Now that was noteworthy!
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Charlie Shultz is turning over in his grave!