Actually he was not a pilot, at that time he was a Weapons System Operator, (rear seat F4) unfortunatly the pilot, Lt Lodge was killed. Later Mr Locher attended flight training and did became a well respected pilot.
Jim, I did some reading on this and apparently Lt. Lodge had told others that due to the amount and type of classified technical data he knew, he would never risk ejecting over enemy territory. CPT Locher later said that after they were hit, "...the airplane slowed down and we went into a flat spin." Locher then told Lodge as the flames were breaching the rear cockpit wall, it was getting too hot and he'd better get out. Lodge looked over his right shoulder at Locher and said, "Well, you better eject then."
So it appears Lt. Lodge chose to go down with the plane.