I would say the Kate, SM 79, and TBF/TBM were far better. Actually the Devastator was better.
The Swordfish just happened to be all the Brits had for that role, so it got used in a couple of famous ops.
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Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943.
~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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