We did, Danny, "we" being the RAF, the RAAF, and the RCAF. Special AOP RAF Squadrons were formed with RA and RAF personnel. They were supposed to operate the Stinson Vigilant, of which 100 were ordered but were "severely damaged during shipping"! So 100 modified Taylorcraft Austers were ordered instead and operated in North Africa, Italy, France, The Low Countries and Germany. There was also an RAF Squadron equipped with them in Burma, as well as Australian ones in the Pacific Theatre. Finally, some RCAF Squadrons were formed at RAF Andover and seconded as detachments after D-Day.
Their role was Artillery Spotting, but I have no doubt that they were often the quickest means at hand to move the wounded, do general recce, and to act as an aerial jeep:
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