Deceiving Hitler's Bombers- RAF Decoys and Visual Deception in WWII

It was accepted at the start of the war that enemy bombers would always get through the UK’s defences and that the German bomber crews could be expected to have a reasonable understanding of Britain’s geography and of its main industrial and military facilities. That being the case, how could the most important sites be protected? A remarkable degree of success was achieved using camouflage to conceal key locations by creating dummy structures and equipment, or, for example, displaying dummy tracks, lights and fires. To draw the Luftwaffe away from RAF airfields, many false aerodromes were built within six miles of the actual one. Though a little-reported aspect of the war in the air, and particularly during the period of the Blitz, visual deception played a leading role in the defence of the UK and important targets overseas. The full story of the intricate and ingenious methods adopted to deceive Hitler’s bombers is indeed a fascinating one.