An Omega WW2 Pilots Watch | Sale Preview | Dawsons Auctioneers

Coming up for sale in our Jewellery, Silver & Watches online auction at Dawsons on Thursday 19th May is a rare Omega WWII Pilots watch which was purchased new by the vendor's father in law.

"Vernon Stewart Gibson joined the RAF as a fifteen-year-old apprentice at RAF Halton training as an airframe and engine technician. He was in the 33rd intake at Halton celebrated as being one of the “Trenchard Brats”.

At the outbreak of war, he was posted to the Gower in South Wales repairing Spitfires and Hurricanes returning them to service.

In 1943 he was selected for flight training in Rhodesia and gained his wings in January 1944. To celebrate this he bought the Omega watch recommended for pilots from Forbes of Bulawayo.

Vernon didn’t get to fly ops in WW2 instead being attached to Transport Command, but later flew operationally in Harvards in the Mau Mau campaign, gaining the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He also served several years in Aden and India, mainly in administrative and HQ capacities.

Later he spent many years as a flying instructor with the Central Flying School at Little Rissington, Oxfordshire.

His final years of service were mainly in Air Traffic Control ended in 1968 at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire.

Vernon passed away in January 2010 in Bedford hospital at the age of 90 yrs."

All provenance supplied by the vendor. The full sale catalogue will be live on our website one week before the sale. To enquire about this wonderful timepiece, please feel free to email us on info@dawsonsauctions.co.uk

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