No. 106 Squadron RAF No 106 started replacing them with Lancasters (but it did not become converted completely to Lancasters before some of the squadron's Manchesters had participated in the 1,000-bomber raids on Cologne, Essen and Bremen). In October it contributed 10 Lancasters to No. 5 Group's low-level epic dusk raid ("Operation Robinson") on Le Creusot and two more (one of them piloted by Wing Commander Guy Gibson who was then No 106's CO) to the subsidiary raid on Montchanin. In 1943 it took part in the first "shuttle-bombing" raids (when the targets were Friedrichshafen and Spezia) and the famous attack on Peenemünde. Among
Wing Commander (franchise) attempts to continue the "Privateer" franchise between 1995 and 2003, by either developing a sequel ("Privateer 3") or an online game ("Privateer" or "Wing Commander Online"). Only one of these was formally announced. The March 1998 issue o"f Computer Games Strategy Plus" featured a cover story on "Privateer 3". Origin announced that development of the game had been canceled shortly after the magazine was published. "Wing Commander: Strike Team" was a planned sequel to "Wing Commander: Secret Ops" which focused on multiplayer gameplay. The title was officially announced in an EAUK promotional publication but was canceled early in development. Several