Didn't think there was anything I hadn't come across mention of in WWII aviation.

Mentioned on the Wiki link above however is the BV 40 fighter glider. Two 30mm cannon, max diving speed ~560mph, pilot lay on his belly in the armored nose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_40l

I would be interested to know just how fast a Bf109 could fly while towing this thing, and how long such a coupling could be expected to survive in a P-51 rich environment while towing the glider to a position above a box of Fortresses or Liberators.

The wheels fell off on takeoff and the pilot was expected to land on a skid. I dunno how easy it was to bail out either.

Prob'ly why only seven were built.

"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744