Show missed deaths touch by proverbial eyelash who had the closest call in the world war perhaps it was capt curtis barncs seventy eighth division A E F r J in tho the argonne offensive A machine bullet crashed through his tin hat bat and he be was not hit bit although lt was close enough to take out the left lens of his eyeglasses then there Is the case of cadet fiske he was in the observers cockpit of a breguet feet over clermont ferrand france ln in 1017 during aerial gunnery training when he was thrown out of the cockpit with the machine gun in his big grasp he was tossed lear clear six feet ue he landed flat on his stomach exactly astride of the narrow rear part of the ful fu lage and managed to work his way back to the cockpit then the commanding cukar ordered a lot of safety sa fety belts |