Story goes that an F-111 crew had to eject. When the rescue crews arrived at the capsule they had to restrain both parties as they almost came to blows with each other arguing over what time to put on the travel voucher. One crew member was adamant that the time should be when the capsule landed, the other maintained it should have been the time the stricken aircraft hit the ground.
BTW the F-111 egress capsule design was originally going to be used in the space shuttle but it was nixed as too expensive. Most egress types I knew say it had a good chance of working in the Challenger’s case.
I would like to remind you one of the advantages of the F111 capsule ejection system is that both crew members ejected at the same time. Fire the ejection system and away we go, nobody left behind. Ask any B-48 crew members (3) about crew communications and station ejection sequencing and priorities. Pilot long gone and other crew members waiting for the order to eject. Station 2 and 3 could not see the pilot in station 1.
To my knowledge, during testing and development of the F111A (Air Force version), no crews where lost and the ejection worked beautifully in those cases where planes were lost. Not so with the F111B (Navy version). I think they lost a plane in Bethpage very early in the development.