26th July, 1943 - Koolhoven FK 58?

[Amrit1]

This question was posted on another forum and we haven't been able to answer it. I wondered whether TOCH members would be able to help.

Ihave recently read about a Circus flown by 2 Group Bostons against Coutrai/Wevelghem airfield. It seems to be a fairly regular operation except one point for me (26th July 1943);

When withdrawing from the target area the formation came under attack from Fw 190s. The formation made no turn and was heading for disaster until the escort fighters managed to turn the bombers. The interesting part is that one of the withdrawal cover squadrons, Polish 316 Sqdn., entered the fray they found they were overshooting their targets ... it was thought that these aircraft were Koolhoven FK 58s of Dutch origin... And the camouflage was 'like that of Italian aircraft operated under German control' - their noses and tails were yellow.

Were these really FK 58s? If so, were they used as trainers by the Luftwaffe ... ? And what was their colour scheme?

As far as I have been able to find out no FK 58s were used by the Germans. Does anybody have any references to this date and any possible German/ other units that operated in this area.

I know that some of the FK 58s operated by the French in 1940 were piloted by Poles, and hence they may have mistaken a similar looking aircraft. Anybody know of German aircraft that may have looked similar.

Cheers
A