Which F35: the 1916 torpedo bomber or the modern fighter?

Which F35 was better, the 1916 aircraft or the modern fighter?

No winner is selected. The early F35 was a torpedo bomber, with one aircraft thought to have been completed and another whose completion remains uncertain.

The early F35 was designed as a torpedo bomber. Its production is uncertain here: an initial recollection of a couple of aircraft is revised to one built and another whose completion is unclear. The design belongs to the emerging aerial torpedo threat, although reconnaissance remained aviation's main danger to a fleet.