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 II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi and "2", were released in 1991 and 1992, respectively, and a stand-alone spin-off, "Wing Commander Academy", in 1993. Origin also released a "Speech Accessory Pack", which upgraded "WCII" with pre-recorded voice acting. A port for the SNES by Fujisankei Communications International was announced for May 1995, but never released. The year 2656. The TCS "Tiger's Claw", pride of the Terran Confederation's fleet, is on campaign in the Enigma sector, near the Kilrathi sector headquarters, the "K'tithrak Mang" starbase. In a sudden attack, it is lost with all hands, save a few pilots who had been transferred off, and one who