Sometimes watch collecting or enthusiasm goes past the love for watches. It is about stories and heritage that has more meaning than the watch itself. Today, Fratello Watches brings you the story of RAF Squadron Leader Frank Wright Walton (Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order,?Distinguished Flying Cross and bar) and his Omega 30T2 pilot's watch.Not too long ago, I received a message from Julian after I posted a military Longines that was sent to a Londoner in the RAF Pathfinders in 1941. Julian told me that his grandfather was also in the Pathfinders in WWII, as a Squadron Leader of 109 Squadron and that he had inherited his RAF issued Omega 30T2 timepiece.Frank W. Walton on the left.RAF Issued WatchMost pilot's watches you've probably seen, have black dials. At the start of WWII however, the RAF tendered watchmakers to come up with a watch that had railroad markers, Arabic numerals, a white face for legibility (especially at night) and just 3 hands. Omega became one of the suppliers of these watches and issued their reference CK2292 watch with reliable (and still praised) 30T2 SC movement to the RAF. Pilots and navigators in (at least) bomber command, that required reliable and synchronized watches, received this Omega 30T2 SC from the RAF. It was necessary that their watches were synced before each mission (and kept time) to drop their loads at exactly the right time. This was a serious problem when performing night raids with multiple squadrons on a 7,5-hour return trip to Berlin.Frank W. Waltons Omega CK2292Frank W. Walton also received this Omega reference CK2292 watch and wore it on every single one of his 71 sorties/missions. This alone was a remarkable achievement by this RAF pilot, as the average was 3 missions before a pilot was shot down, and in addition to his DFC bar, was awarded with his oak leaves and mentioned in dispatches. Frank's watch never let him down; it always worked perfectly.Frank on the left and his navigator Rivett on the right. Wearing the Omega CK2292 watches.Frank W. Walton's SquadronJulian (Frank's grandson who contacted me) went through some of his grandfather's kit and memorabilia from the RAF and after WWII, with British South American Airways (BSAA), British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and lastly British Airways (BA). Julian's father (Geoffrey) had categorized all items meticulously and I have the pleasure of showing you some of them in this article.Bomber command map