Another Gorce drop zone was “Sójka.” This receiving site was located on the opposite side of the Kamienica stream valley from “Wilga,” similarly to “Wilga” — on a mountain slope, below Mogielnica, on the grounds of the “u Florka” forestry lodge.
This drop zone appears in reports quite early, especially in relation to “Wilga,” as it is already mentioned as functioning in a radio message of August 30, 1944. However, it must have been designated much earlier, since as early as the night of July 3–4, three Halifaxes were directed there from Italy, but they failed to find the target, and one of them, piloted by W/O O.J. Fairweather, was shot down over Yugoslavia.
A successful drop was not made until the night of July 9–10 by an aircraft piloted by W/O R. Clacket — this same pilot also made a successful drop at the “Żywica” site near Baczyn on the last night of July 1944.
Near Tymbark there was also the “Mucha” landing strip, which was being prepared for Operation “Most V,” which, however, never took place.
“Kawka 1”
The drop zone (Ref. No. 5021/43) was located 32 km southeast of Kraków. In the records of Section VI of the Commander-in-Chief’s Staff, it was listed under numbers 6 and 402. The site was designated as capable of receiving drops from 3 aircraft. There is no information whatsoever about the functioning of this site or contact addresses.
The known alert dates are: November 13–15, November 19–21, December 5–8, December 13–16, 1943, and January 5–8, January 13–16, March 7–8, and March 13–16, 1944.
The last entry in the drop zone card reports the liquidation of the site, a change of location, and its re-establishment as “Kawka 2.”
“Kawka 2”
The drop zone (Ref. No. 5021/43 and 1982/44) was located 16 km southwest of Wieliczka. In the records of Section VI of the Commander-in-Chief’s Staff, it was listed under numbers 402 and 308. It was classified as capable of receiving drops from 3 aircraft. There is no information whatsoever about the functioning of this site or contact addresses.
There are two known cases of aircraft being directed to this site — both outside the designated alert periods.
The first took place on the night of April 16–17, 1944. Halifax JN925 “X,” piloted by F/S Blattman (Australian), was to make a drop in a 0-12-12 configuration, but due to fog did not find the site.
The second case was a flight on the night of April 23–24, 1944, by Halifax LW284 “T” commanded by F/Lt Gorzkowski. As before, due to weather conditions, the drop was not carried out.
“Koliber — reserve”
The drop zone (Ref. No. 5021/43 and 5133/43) was located 15 km northwest of Bochnia. In the records of Section VI of the Commander-in-Chief’s Staff, it was listed under number 306. There is no detailed data on the use of this site for receiving drops.
Information about two alert periods has been preserved in the archives: May 16–19 and 24–26, 1944. A note in the Section VI card of the Commander-in-Chief’s Staff indicates the reserve function of the site.
