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Originally Posted by Frying Tiger
The Germans had a "heli-kite", a little gyrocopter that was towed by the submarine to altitude to extend the visible search range. If you had to dive, oh well...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330
Seems even more heartless than the Catapault Armed Merchant ships...
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Yeah .. that was something very like this. But that was US (IIRC), and it had an engine (thought really simple one).