The Aviation Museum has acquired a time piece to add to its World War II exhibits. A clock mounted on paneled wood was donated to the Aviation Museum by former Royal Artillery gunner, Stan Fraser, earlier this week.

Mr Fraser acquired the clock while stationed in Malta between 1941 and 1943. He bought the clock from a soldier who had “salvaged” the timepiece from a crashed Wellington bomber. Mr Fraser had the clock mounted on paneled wood which he claims originated from the broken blades of a British fighter plane.

The mounting was done by a German POW in Malta. The clock sat on Mr Fraser’s desk for some 50 years before he decided to make it available to the Aviation Museum.

Stan Fraser has contributed much to the memory of World War II in Malta. In the early 90s, he purchased and refurbished four Vickers’s 3.7 inch guns. They were shipped over to Malta and presented to the President of Malta in 1992 in memory of all servicemen and civilians who died during the blitz.

In 2007, a digital copy of his wartime photo and film collection was presented to the National Archives of Malta on Mr Fraser’s behalf by Veronica Galea, on whose initiative the digitisation was made possible. On Friday, Ms Galea presented the Wellington clock to Aviation Museum Director General, Ray Polidano. Also present were honorary director Frederick Galea and museum PRO, Tony Spiteri.