Other Characters

McRae (The Pilot)

The Pilot's name is Gregor McRae. He appears in Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines in Mission 10. McRae was a pilot that crashed in Africa and he was captured by the Germans. The Commandos saved McRae at the end and McRae was never shown again.

Wilson the Castaway

A castaway who appeared on Mission 6, "The Guns of Savo Island", in Commandos 2: Men of Courage. Unlike other commandos, he plays a non-combatant role in the level as a scout for the team. Wilson is a homage to Robinson Crusoe and is likely to be a named after Wilson the Volleyball, from the Tom Hanks 2000 film, Cast Away.

Claude Gilbert

The informer who was on Mission 12, was caught in a sweep in Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. He was saved by the Commandos, and then he was caught again in Mission 17, and was scheduled for execution along with the members of the French Resistance. And was finally saved again. He was never seen again.

Dragisa Skopje

The Yugoslav Officer who was to be executed on Mission 2 in Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. He was saved as well before the execution could begin. He was never seen again after the mission.

Colonel Wilhelm von Below

An SS Officer, who was to unmask the conspirators that planned to assassinate Hitler. He was captured by the Commandos on Mission 5 in Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty.

General Hanz Rauter

A General of the German Army that had the plans for the next offensive of The Battle of the Bulge, in Mission 8 of Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. The Dutch Contact met up with him and stole the documents from him. He escaped as the Commandos completed their task.

General Helmut Schleper

An SS General, that was on Mission 15 in Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. He had a list of the members of the German Resistance, and was planning on taking the list to Berlin. He was eliminated by the Commandos, before he had a chance to escape.

Luftwaffe Pilot

Was a German Air Force pilot that was in Mission 6 of Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. He was captured in order to fly the Heinkel He-162 jet-powered aircraft. That was to be used as an escape plane for the Commandos after they had completed their mission.

German Sappers

Were 4 sappers in charge of blowing up the Liege bridge in case there was anything suspicious happening. Appeared in Mission 16 on Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. They were all eliminated by the Commandos before they had a chance to destroy the bridge.

McQueen

Was a POW in Stalag 13 in Mission 7 on Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. He escaped with the rest of the prisoners as the Commandos completed their task. This character's name is probably a nod to Steve McQueen's character in the film The Great Escape.

The Snitch

Was a POW in Stalag 13. He was British, and a Royal Air Force pilot based on his accent and blue jacket. He appeared on Mission 7 in Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. He was killed by the Commandos before he had a chance to tell the German guards of the plot to escape.

Guard at Zoo

Was a zoo guard in Mission 2 of Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. He was put unconscious by Spooky, and his uniform was used to gain access to the zoo. The guard was eventually found by the Germans who were shocked to see him bound without clothes albeit.

The Gurkhas

A few allies that the player has to find in the mission "Target: Burma" in Commandos 2: Men of Courage. Gurkhas are Nepalese soldiers who fight for the British army.

Colonel Guinness

An Allied officer prisoner in the mission "The Bridge on the River Kwai" in Commandos 2: Men of Courage. The player has to free him and the officer will explain how to destroy the bridge. The character's name must be a reference to Alec Guinness, who incarns the hero of the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai (which inspired this mission). He also helps you in the mission by holding a gun and shooting enemy soldiers.

Dietrich von Choltitz

The character isn't named but in the last mission of Commandos 2: Men of Courage, which take place in Paris during summer 1944, there is a high-ranked German officer in the office of the Paris military gouvernor.

German sniper (Erwin König)

The first mission of Commandos 3: Destination Berlin, "Eliminate the Sniper", occurs during the Battle of Stalingrad and the objective is to shoot an apted German sniper. The mission is a remake of the movie Enemy at the Gates, as the German sniper is a reference to Erwin König in the film and in historical records.He also appears in Commandos strike force as a sniper as a rank of a subofficer