Barry Dickens, Air Commodore Ret’t, Chairman of SSAFA Berkshire, said: “Squadron Leader Booker was a Bomber Command navigator in World War 2. He was shot down over occupied France, captured and eventually ended up in a concentration camp. Thanks to Luftwaffe intervention he was released into their charge and finally came home in 1945. He packed more into the first 20 or so years of his life than most would in their whole lifetime. Modest and unassuming his survival after bailing out of his stricken aircraft is a testimony to his courage, fortitude, and strength of character. Sqn.Ldr Stanley Booker MBE RAF (Rtd) was originally born in Gillingham, Kent but has lived in Bracknell ever since after joined the RAF as an apprentice at the age of 17.