Shade 1549 - Service uniform
Chairman, Inter - American Defense Board Bomber Pilot WW II, Korea

General Lebailly was born in 1915.

He attended the U.S. Army Air Corps Flying Training where he earned his pilot wings and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He was assigned as a pilot at Mitchel Field, Panama, Trinidad and the British West Indies.

When WWII began he was on duty with the 1st Bombardment Squadron, 9th Bombardment Group at Trinidad. He was then transferred to Ecuador and Peru where he flew heavy bombers on sea-search missions in protection of the Panama Canal. He served as commander of the 7th Bombardment Squadron; deputy commander 34th Bombardment Group (1943); group commander Eighth Air Force, 34th Group (1944).

He participated in five of the major air campaigns against Germany. After WWII, He had various posts in the U.S. and completed training and schooling.

In 1952, General Lebailly went to Korea where he flew 50 combat missions in B-26 night intruder bombers as commander of the 3d Bombardment Wing.

He was in charge of the American-Japanese Planning Group (1954); Chief of Staff Air Force Section of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Japan. After returning to the U.S. (1955-1961) he was then commander of both the U.S. Forced Azores and the 1605th Air Base Wing, Portugal (1961-1964).

He held this position until 1967 when he became commander of the Sixteenth Air Force in Spain. He assumed duties as chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board in Washington D.C. until his retirement September 1, 1973.

His medals include two Distinguished Service Medals, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, seven Air Medals, and awards from France, Korea, Spain Brazil and the United Nations.

He died February 17, 1992.