Taildragger Sir: I'll have you know that I was as sober as a Judge.......er....let me rephrase that. One had not been drinking either before or during the flight to Kundiawa!
Think
Woomera may have got it right, 'though I'd only been there just over a year in total at the time.
But in answer to your admonition; yes, one does understand indeed!!
You only live twice. Once when
you're born. Once when
you've looked death in the face.