Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post
No. The idea was to kid the bombers that Liverpool was on the Dee and direct bombers away from Liverpool.
See http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/m...litz/blitz.asp
The RAF also lit decoy fires on the sands of the Dee estuary, close to the Wirral shore, to confuse the enemy bombers. These succeeded in attracting many bombs that would otherwise have landed on Merseyside.