Did old propeller aircraft begin takeoff off-center to counter p-factor? I have tried to ask this in chat and I have been invited to ask a full fledged question here.

Is it true that an old (say about between the two world wars) take-off technique, to compensate for the p-factor experienced at high throttle settings, was to put the aircraft misaligned to the runway and let the p-factor align the aircraft to the center-line?

Example: take an aircraft with a p-factor that makes it yaw to the left, the pilot would have placed the aircraft on the left side of the center-line, with the nose to the right (so, looking at the center-line).
Why ask in past tense? The Mü-23 motor glider has a central wheel and would need someone to hold a wingtip during take-off. Sometimes, a different technique is used: The aircraft is parked at a right angle to the (grass) runway, with the wingtip pointing into the intended take-off direction on the ground. When the pilot opens the throttle, he steps on the rudder, causing the aircraft to swerve into the desired direction and rotating into a horizontal attitude thanks to the centrifugal force.



Akaflieg München Mü-23 (picture source)