World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
MELVIN LONNY OUDER
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
MANDEVILLE, Louisiana
Honored By
CHARLES BRANTLEY
Relationship
GRAND NEPHEW
WAS STATIONED IN ENGLAND WITH THE U.S. 8TH AIR FORCE. AFTER A FEW MISSIONS HE WAS ASSIGNED LEAD NAVIGATOR WITH A SQUADRON IN THE 351ST DIVISION. HE FLEW TWENTY FIVE MISSIONS OVER GERMANY, MANY UNDER DIRE WEATHER AND HE CRASH-LANDED TWICE IN FRANCE. HIS LAST MISSION WAS MARCH 28, 1945.