How come the pilot has apparently got ahead of the aircraft, which still had ‘approach’ power on.
According to a report I have read, about ten seconds from touch down at Hatfield, the aircraft pitched nose up out of control* and the pilot ejected only 150ft from the ground. If the Lightning therefore climbed before its near vertical dive, it would explain why the pilot is lower than the aircraft at the time the photograph was taken.
* The subsequent accident investigation found that a flash fire in the engine bay had weakened a V-screw jack actuating the tail plane, causing it to fail.