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The RAF tried to confuse the Luftwaffe night-fighter command about its target cities.

On the occasions when it succeeded, aircraft and crew losses were sharply reduced.

Sir Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command, routed the main bomber force with last-minute dog-legs where their direction would alter towards another target.

Squadrons of Mosquitos were also flown in towards secondary targets to divert the night fighters.

Both types of plane dropped " window ", ( thousands of small aluminium strips ), to blind the German radar.

There were also native German speakers who had learnt to mimic the actual night-fighter sector controllers, with false orders.

Targets were a closely guarded secret, revealed only to the squadron commanders involved a day or two before the nightly missions and subject to change due to unexpected weather.

If Bazna passed over genuine target information from the British ambassador's safe, it is possible that this was provided in order to build up his reputation so that later false information about something much more important could be fed through the same channel.