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Contrary to popular belief, he did not fly exclusively in his Fokker dr.1 triplane, although he did use that aircraft for 20 of his victories. Many of the others were gained using a wide variety of planes at his disposal, most notably the Albatros D.III.

Contrary to popular belief, he did not fly exclusively in his Fokker dr.1 triplane, although he did use that aircraft for 20 of his victories. Many of the others were gained using a wide variety of planes at his disposal, most notably the Albatros D.III.

[[James Thurber]] wrote a famous story entitled ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,'' in which a mild-mannered man has heroic daydreams while running shopping errands for his wife. In one of them, he imagines himself a World War I pilot in the RAF fighting Von Richthofen's Flying Circus.

[[James Thurber]] wrote a famous story entitled ''[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]],'' in which a mild-mannered man has heroic daydreams while running shopping errands for his wife. In one of them, he imagines himself a World War I pilot in the RAF fighting Von Richthofen's Flying Circus.

In [[Charles M. Schulz]]'s Peanuts cartoons, the beagle Snoopy, in a reference to Walter Mitty, is constantly daydreaming of being a World War I flying ace and fighting the Red Baron.

In [[Charles M. Schulz]]'s Peanuts cartoons, the beagle Snoopy, in a reference to Walter Mitty, is constantly daydreaming of being a World War I flying ace and fighting the Red Baron.