Don Humphries, who was staying with his grandparents at the King’s Head Public House that night, is convinced that only one bomb fell. There is an unproved rumour that another bomb fell in Longlands Lane. Other people believe three or even four bombs were dropped on the village.
The night of the bombing George Prescott, who lived in Woodbine Cottage with his wife Elizabeth, was running around the village in his nightshirt alerting people to what was happening. Their cottage was the last thatched cottage in the village; unfortunately a piece of shrapnel landed in the thatch which then caught fire destroying their cottage. George was a retired cook in his sixties.
Those people who were living in the village then are sure that the church was unavailable for services for only a short time not the very long period as stated in the Argus. The official reopening did not take place until March 17th 1949. The church was used for weddings so it would seem strange if it was not used for regular services. Stan and Nellie Monk were married there on April 18th 1945. They were married by the Rev Pryce Davies. Church bells could not be rung during wartime but when the war was over the Redwick bells remained silent as the tower was deemed to be unsafe.
The Bryn was damaged in the blast with windows being blown out and a glass porch over the front door being destroyed. The broken glass was buried in the pond in the garden and the porch was removed but the outline of where it was can be seen on some old photographs.
The plane referred to in the article is believed to be a British Spitfire. It is rumoured that the local boys used to go out to it at low tide to look for souvenirs. One boy is alleged to have brought back a gun which he managed to remove from its’ mountings. His mother was so horrified, so the story goes, that she made him take it to the local policeman the next day. When the plane was eventually recovered it was remarked that it was very unusual that the plane only appeared to have one gun!
Information supplied by members of the Redwick History Group