The Rescue Pilot (Survivor) only functions for one of your own pilots, Allied for Allied, Axis for Axis. You really should be able to pick-up POWs, but alas, no.
The swordfish apparently is either defaulted to a "dummy bomb" load-out, or perhaps purposefully set, but it appears to be the former, since the CV was most likely the spawn source of the planes. Also, the swordfish of course, is generally considered a torpedo bomber plane, and maybe the circumstances of the plane's approach did not allow for a launch, or perhaps they launched and you did not see the torpedo. btw, Your crew will NOT report incoming torpedoes. I suppose that never happened in real life
- probably an oversight on the devs part.