In a Land Far Away in another Life.....I was congratulated on making three of the best Mayday calls heard by my Mates in that place.
I had no recall of making even one!
Granted at the time I was just a bit pre-occupied and did not have the foresight to make any sort of Journal entry.
The combination of Machine guns, Howitzer Shells with Fuses, a windscreen totally green with Trees, ADI showing "Tilt", and a cockpit full of smoke, fumes, and a bit of flame has a way of distracting you it would seem. The simultaneous engine failure and loss of one hydraulics system also works to focus one's thoughts.
Silly as it sounds when discussing such things over Tea.....practice of such RT phraseology proves helpful when you do one for real.....as you generally do in moments of real stress what you have done in training.