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词条 Marine Aircraft Group 93
释义

  1. Subordinate units

  2. History

     World War II 

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. References

     Books  Web 
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Marine Aircraft Group 93 (MAG-93) was s United States Marine Corps aviation group established during World War II. MAG-93, a dive bombing training group, was commissioned on 1 April 1944 and was headquartered at Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Bogue, North Carolina. Their mission was to train pilots to fly the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. The group was deactivated in October 1945 as part of the post-war drawdown of forces and has been inactive since.

Subordinate units

  • Marine Service Squadron-93 (SMS-93)
  • VMSB-333
  • VMSB-334
  • VMSB-342
  • VMO-351 – joined group on 10 May 1944
  • VMSB-932 – commissioned on 15 May 1944

History

World War II

Marine Aircraft Group 93 was commissioned on 1 April 1944 at Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Bogue, North Carolina.[1] July of that year saw the group's mission changed to that of organizing and training replacement personnel for combat.[2] August of that year saw the group move to Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake and take control of the squadrons that formally belonged to Marine Aircraft Group 33 as they left for duty in the South Pacific.[3] The squadron remained in this role for the remainder of the war. Following the surrender of Japan they were deactivated in October 1945.[4]

See also

{{Portal|United States Marine Corps}}
  • United States Marine Corps Aviation
  • List of United States Marine Corps aircraft groups
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Notes

1. ^Shettle pg.15.
2. ^Sherrod pg.448.
3. ^Shettle pg.50.
4. ^Rottman pg.437.

References

Books

  • {{cite book

|title=U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle – Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939–1945.’’
|author=Rottman, Gordon L.
|year=2002
|publisher=Greenwood Press
|isbn=0-313-31906-5}}
  • {{cite book

| last = Sherrod
| first = Robert
| year = 1952
| title = History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II
| publisher=Combat Forces Press
| location = Washington, D.C.
| id = }}
  • {{cite book

| last = Shettle Jr.
| first = M. L.
| title = United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II
| publisher=Schaertel Publishing Co.
| year = 2001
| location = Bowersville, Georgia
| url =
| isbn = 0-9643388-2-3}}

Web

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