Reg, I, for one, respect your decision to say nothing more of this event. I haven't been through the initial trials to earn an RAF pilot's brevet; nor did I suffer the the rigours of a daily run into Germany with its horrendous perils. Of those who did, very few, I think, could claim to have faced a postwar trial of that magnitude, and to have dealt with it with such fleet-footed intelligence and sang froid under the most extreme pressure.
As you have already mentioned, something in your 'gaining an RAF pilot's brevet' was, I think, responsible for giving you the considerable backbone required of such a trial; and I salute you and all your brethren, past and present, for your gift of these great qualities.
There is more to gaining an RAF pilot's brevet than just flying an aircraft, it seems!