Commander Meiler

"Who flies so late through the night and wind" Commander Meiler is the 5th boss in Aces of the Luftwaffe, and arguably one of the hardest.

Overview
Commander Meiler is the boss of the chapter Night Over Europe. He wears a dark green coat and a brown pilot cap. He flies a night bomber that is equipped with a variety of weapons.

Strategy
When the duel starts out, Meiler will fly around the top of the screen, angling his Elkroing at the player. He fires heavy bullets out of each four engines, which are the player's target during the air battle. The bullets speed up every second that an engine is not destroyed. He will randomly pull a move, where he drops down the left side of the screen and then turns around to attack the player, and then returns to the top of the screen. After one engine is destroyed, Meiler will move to the middle of the screen and fire his engines weapons in a straight line ,with over-lapping shots that move towards the player, as well as heat seeking missiles launching at the player. After the hull has sustained enough damage, he will go back to how he attacked in the beginning of the battle, except he will fire missiles. After destroying another engine, Meiler will pull up out of the top of the screen and attack the player from behind, shooting arcs of machine gun bullets at times intervals, with a gap to let the player though at different areas. He will also shoot a thin line of machine gun bullets from the side of his plane, but will stop after the third arc is fired. Also, he will now shoot small bullets out of his plane. After he flies back into the screen, he will continue to attack as he did before, but will also shoot small bullets randomly. After destroying the third engine, he will fly Into the middle of the screen. The player is instructed to fly up and behind him. He will then fire a mass spread of bullets, as well as have the ball turret in the top of his hull shoot green burst shots that track the player. The mass attack has a gap that lets the player pass through to be able to shoot the hull of the Elkroing. After sustaining enough damage, Meiler will return to his normal attack, except adding the green burst attack to his weaponry. After destroying the final engine, Meiler's heavy attack will cease, and so will his green burst attack. Instead, he will launch a spread of 6-8 green burst shots that exploded at a specific time to create a web the player has to fly though. Note hitting a burst shot will cripple your plane's health. This part of the battle is great for players using Tykers, as his energy grazer can absorb health easily. After shooting at Meiler enough, he will fall from the sky, giving the player a great pool of medals. Defeating him will award the player with the achievements From Dusk Till Dawn, and Night Over Europe

Quotes
"Who flies so late through the night and wind" -Upon noticing the player

"Come on, let's dance" - When he first pulls his secret move

"Hahahahaha" - When one engine is destroyed

"Zapfenstreich!" -When his hull is damaged enough

"Haha, watch your six!" - Once the second engine is destroyed

"And if you not willing, then I will use force" -When the third engine is destroyed

"Miens Reich" - When his hull has sustained enough damage

"Zapfenstreich!" - When his last engine is destroyed

"Nein, mein Erlkönig!" - Once being defeated by the player

"Adieu, Versager" -When defeating the player

Trivia

 * Tykers was designed specifically to combat this boss.
 * When Meiler is about to launch his mass heavy bullet attack, many players choose to stay right in the middle of the screen and weave in and out of the bullets. This approach makes this part of the battle easier, but many players hit too many bullets and crash. A skilled player can come out without a scratch
 * Commander Eugen and Commander Meiler share the same destroyed engine models
 * It seems that the more you shoot at the engines, the faster they fire.
 * "Who flies so late through the night dreamt the wind" might be a reference to the "Der Erlkonig" Poem, Which reads "Who rides, so late, through night and wind?" This poem's name may have also inspired the name of Meiler's bomber, the Elkroing, which uses the same exact letters (Excluding "Der").
 * This boss battle is the only boss battle that does not have a machine gun pickup.
 * "and if you not willing,then i will use force" its also a reference to the poem "der erlkonig" the author of this poem and Meiler are both Germans, that why he uses this reference.
 * the zone you fight Meiler should be Berlin, because in the level 2 of "night falls over Europe" bacon says at the beginning: "just if don't realize, we are now in the heart of the axis forces" (which was Berlin during the second world war