[gaijin]

He ejected via use of a parachute?

Maybe he ejected and THEN used his parachute?

I’m finicky, but....I hate journalists, when it comes to technical matters...

Guns, too, and biology.

[tanknetter]

He ejected via use of a parachute?

I don't think that SS2 had ejection seats. I'm pretty certain that SS1 didn't.

I'd assume that the crew wore parachutes to bail out if something went wrong. In this case the craft broke up at altitude, so I'd conclude (based on what is known now) that with a large portion of the fuselage gone the guy who survived pulled the cord on his chute and let it inflate and pull him out of the craft.

[VTenigma]

He didn’t eject at all, there were no ejection seats. He either used the escape hatch (unlikely ) or was ejected do to the blast and his parachute opened via a barometric device ( more likely ).