Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 10, 1966
August 09, 1966
August 11, 1966
Transcript:
The World War I Flying Ace extends his hand and thinks, "Here's the World War I Flying Ace walking onto the field . . . 'Good morning, chaps!' (These are good lads)"<BR><BR> The Flying Ace thinks, "But what's this? There's excitement among the enlisted men . . . some sort of rumor going about . . ."<BR><BR> The Flying Ace salutes and thinks, "Here's the Flying Ace reporting to his commanding officer . . . 'Good morning, sir . . . A root beer? Yes, sir, I don't mind if I do.'"<BR><BR> Snoopy thinks, "There must be something big coming up . . . he only offers me a root beer when there's a dangerous mission to be flown!"<BR><BR>
The Sopwith Camel was a British plane, with an overwhelming majority of the ones produced flying in British squadrons. While other countries did use the Camel (including Canda and the US), it’s likely that the reference to Wilson was just an error on Shulz’s part.