Hahaha, you sir, are a man after my own heart. I remember seeing a picture of one of these in an old Commando comic many moons ago and 8 year old me being somewhat puzzled by it. Definitely a lesson in "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should".
As for no one wanting a slow, poorly armed and unmanouverable recon plane... er, guilty. Given the choice between fielding effective but pedestrian units, or characterful trash, I'll field the obscure junk every time. Case in point; my proxy for the already rubbish Fairey Battle-