9th Marine Aircraft Wing

Active| April 1, 1944 – 31 March 1946[1]
Country| United States
Branch| USMC
Type| Marine Aircraft Wing
Role| Training
Part of| Decommissioned
Garrison/HQ| Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Military unit

The 9th Marine Aircraft Wing was an aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The wing was commissioned during World War II as a training unit for Marine Aviation personnel headed to the Pacific Theater.[2]

## Mission[edit]

Train, equip and prepare Marine aviation units for combat

## Subordinate units[edit]

* Marine Aircraft Groups MAG-33, MAG-34, MAG-35, MAG-51, MAG-52, MAG-53, MAG-62, MAG-91, MAG-92, MAG-93, MAG-94
* Marine Corps Aviation Bases: Atlantic, Bogue, Congaree, Eagle Mountain Lake, Greeneville, Kinston, Newport, New River, Oak Grove, Parris Island, Walnut Ridge.

## History[edit]

The 9th Marine Aircraft Wing (9th MAW) was commissioned on April 1, 1944 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.[3][4] 9th MAW replaced the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in the role of training, equipping, and preparing East Coast Marine Corps Aviation units for combat. It was also responsible for administering all of the airfields in the Cherry Point area.[2] In late 1944, 9th MAW was almost disbanded in favor of a Marine Air Training Command, East Coast but that idea was never acted upon. The wing was decommissioned on March 31, 1946 in accordance with MarCorps Confidential Dispatch 052213 of March 1946. This coincided with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing returning to the States and assuming control of Marine aviation units on the East Coast.[5] [1]

## Commanding officers[edit]

* Colonel Christian F. Schilt - April 1 – June 16, 1944
* Brigadier General Lewie G. Merritt - September 21, 1944 – January 16, 1945
* Brigadier General Christian F. Schilt - January 17 – February 15, 1945
* Colonel Lawrence T. Burke - February 16 – April 22, 1945
* Brigadier General Harold D. Campbell - April 23, 1945 – March 31, 1946

## See also[edit]

* List of United States Marine Corps aircraft wings
* List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ a b 9th MAW Unit History 1 Sep 1945 – 31 Mar 1946
2. ^ a b Sherrod 1952, pp. 439.
3. ^ 3d MAW General Order 13-1944 Commissioning 9th MAW on 1 April 1944
4. ^ Shettle 2001, pp. 29.
5. ^ Sherrod 1952, pp. 434.

## References[edit]

Bibliography

* Sherrod, Robert (1952). History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press. ISBN 0-89201-048-7.
* Shettle, M. L. Jr. (2001). United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing Co. ISBN 0-9643388-2-3.

## Bibliography[edit]

* 9th MAW Unit History

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