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|unit_name= Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 342 |image= VMSB-342 WWII Logo.jpg |image_size= 225px |caption= VMSB-342 insignia |dates= – July 1, 1943 - October 10, 1944 |country= United States |allegiance= United States of America |branch= United States Marine Corps |type= Dive Bomber squadron |role= Reconnaissance Air Interdiction Close air support |size= |command_structure= Inactive |current_commander= |garrison= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= Batts from Hell |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= |aircraft_bomber=SBD Dauntless |anniversaries= }} Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 342 (VMSB-342) was a dive bomber squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “Bats from Hell”, was active during World War II but never saw combat in the Pacific Theater. They were decommissioned on October 10, 1944. HistoryMarine Scout Bombing Squadron 342 was commissioned on July 1, 1943 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. In April 1944 they transferred to Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Atlantic. Some of the squadron's pilots would go for follow on training to Boca Chica Key, Florida at the site of what today is Naval Air Station Key West. In August 1944, the squadron again transferred, this time to Marine Corps Air Station Newport, Arkansas where they remained until they were decommissioned on October 10, 1944.[1] {{clear}}See also{{Portal|United States Marine Corps}}
Notes1. ^{{cite book | last = Sherrod | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1952 | chapter = | title = History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II | publisher = Combat Forces Press | location = Washington, D.C. | pages = 469 | oclc=1261876}} References
|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}}
| last = Shettle Jr. | first = M. L. | authorlink = | title = United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II | publisher = Schaertel Publishing Co. | year = 2001 | location = Bowersville, Georgia | isbn = 0-9643388-2-3}}{{Refend}}
1 : Inactive units of the United States Marine Corps |
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