1st Marine Aircraft Wing2
Commanding General	MajGen Ralph J. Mitchell MajGen Louis E. Woods (5 June-1 day) Col Harold C. Major (from 6 June 1945) BrigGen Lewie G. Merritt (from 10 June 1945) MajGen Claude A. Larkin (from 11 August 1945)
Ass't Wing Commander	BrigGen Claude A. Larkin
Chief of Staff	Col Stanley E. Ridderhof
W-1	LtCol Carl L. Jolly
W-2	Capt William H. Powell
W-3	Col Frank H. Schwable
W-4	LtCol Otto E. Bartoe
Marine Aircraft Group 123
Commanding Officer	Col William A. Willis Col Verne J. McCaul (from 27 Feb 1945)
Executive Officer	LtCol John L. Winston
S-1	Maj James C. Lewis
S-2	Capt John H. Pratt
S-3	LtCol Frederick F. Leek
S-4	Maj Samuel S. Logan
Marine Fighting Squadron 115, MAG-123
Commanding Officer	Maj John H. King, Jr. Maj John S. Payne (from 30 May 1945)
Executive Officer	Maj Jacob A. O. Stub
S-3	Capt Rolfe F. Blanchard
Marine Fighting Squadron 211, MAG-123
Commanding Officer	Maj Stan. J. Witomski Maj Philip B. May (from 31 January 1945) Maj Angus F. Davis (from 21 March 1945)
Executive Officer	Capt Roger A. Haberman
S-3	Capt Louis W. Rancourt
Marine Fighting Squadron 218, MAG-123
Commanding Officer	Maj R. T. Kingsbury, III Maj John M. Massey (from 22 January 1945)
Executive Officer	Capt Gordon E. Barto
S-3	Capt Oscar M. Bate, Jr.
Marine Fighting Squadron 313, MAG-123
Commanding Officer	Maj Joe H. McGlothlin, Jr.
Executive Officer	Maj Theodore Olsen
S-3	Capt Jay E. McDonald
Marine Night Fighting Squadron 541, MAG-11, 2d MAW3
Commanding Officer	LtCol Peter D. Lambrecht
Executive Officer	Maj Norman L. Mitchell
S-3	Capt Harlin Morrison, Jr.

Marine Aircraft Group 144
Commanding Officer	Col Zebulon C. Hopkins Col Ed. A. Montgomery (from 18 May 1945)
Executive Officer	LtCol Carl W. Nelson
S-1	Capt Thomas E. Cowell, Jr.
S-2	Capt Charles C. Lee
S-3	LtCol Curtis E. Smith
S-4	Maj Donald S. Bush
Marine Fighting Squadron 212, MAG-144
Commanding Officer	Maj Quinton R. Johns Maj John P. McMahon (from 28 April 1945)
Executive Officer	Capt John C. Roach
S-3	Capt Joseph T. Allard
Marine Fighting Squadron 222, MAG-144
Commanding Officer	Maj Roy T. Spurlock Maj Harold A. Harwood (from 28 April 1945)
Executive Officer	Maj Gerald Geiger
S-3	Capt Clinton L. Goudreau
Marine Fighting Squadron 223, MAG-144
Commanding Officer	Maj Robert F. Flaherty Maj Robert W. Teller (from 25 March 1945) Maj Howard E. King (from 17 April 1945)
Executive Officer	Maj Robert W. Teller
S-3	Capt Warren J. Turner
Marine Fighting Squadron 251, MAG-144
Commanding Officer	Maj William C. Humberd Maj William L. Bacheler (from 10 Feb. 1945) Maj Thomas W. Furlow (from 15 April 1945)
Executive Officer	Maj William L. Bacheler
S-3	Capt Harold C. Wallace
Marine Aircraft Group 245
Commanding Officer	Col Lyle H. Meyer Col W. E. Sweetser, Jr. (from 1 June 1945) Col Ed. A. Montgomery (from 10 August 1945)
Executive Officer	LtCol John H. Earle, Jr.
S-1	2dLt Edward J. Gebhardt
S-2	Capt William H. Cohron
S-3	LtCol K. B. McCutcheon
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133, MAG-245
Commanding Officer	Maj Lee A. Christoffersen Maj Floyd Cummings (from 9 March 1945)
Executive Officer	Maj Floyd Cummings
S-3	Capt Ernest Zalay
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241, MAG-245
Commanding Officer	Maj B. B. Manchester, III Maj Jack L. Brushert (from 20 Feb. 1945)
Executive Officer	Maj Jack L. Brushert
S-3	Capt Horace C. Baum, Jr.
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 236, MAG-245
Commanding Officer	Maj Fred J. Frazer
Executive Officer	Capt Glen H. Schluckebier
S-3	Capt Lorenz H. Goehe
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 341, MAG-246
Commanding Officer	Maj C. F. Irwin, Jr. Maj Robert J. Bear (from 4 May 1945)
Executive Officer	Maj Robert J. Bear
S-3	Capt John W. Canaan
Air Warning Squadron 3, MAG-246
Commanding Officer	Capt Harold W. Swope Capt Freeman R. Cass (from 2 July 1945)
Executive Officer	Capt Ernest C. Dowell
Marine Aircraft Group 325
Commanding Officer	Col Clayton C. Jerome Col Stanley E. Ridderhof (from 4 July 1945)
Executive Officer	LtCol John L. Smith
S-1	Capt Richard J. Lyttle
S-2	Capt James I. Best
S-3	LtCol Wallace T. Scott
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 142, MAG-325
Commanding Officer	Maj Hoyle R. Burr Maj James L. Fritsche (from 9 June 1945)
Executive Officer	Capt Carl F. Eakin, Jr.
S-3	Capt Austin Wiggins, Jr.
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 243, MAG-325
Commanding Officer	Maj Joseph W. Kean, Jr.
Executive Officer	Maj James L. Fritsche
S-3	Capt Elton D. Boone, Jr.
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 244, MAG-325
Commanding Officer	Maj Vance H. Hudgins
Executive Officer	Maj John L. Dexter
S-3	Capt John L. Blumenstein
Marine Bombing Squadron 611, MAG-327
Commanding Officer	LtCol George A. Sarles (KIA 30 May 1945) Maj Robert R. Davis (from 31 May 1945) Maj David Horne (from 20 June 1945)

Executive Officer	Maj Robert R. Davis
S-3	Maj Prescott D. Fagan
Air Warning Squadron 4, MAG328
Commanding Officer	Capt Charles T. Porter
Executive Officer	Capt John M. von Almen
CARRIER BASED MARINE SQUADRONS PARTICIPATING IN STRIKES AGAINST THE PHILIPPINES--USS ESSEX
Marine Fighting Squadron 1219
Commanding Officer	LtCol Wm. A. Millington
Executive Officer	Maj William E. Crowe
S-3	Capt Alfred H. Agan
Marine Fighting Squadron 213
Commanding Officer (forward echelon)	Maj David E. Marshall
Executive Officer	Maj David E. Marshall
S-3	Maj Mitchell L. Parks

Footnotes

1. Changes in commanding officers only are shown. Officers listed in other staff positions are those who originally arrived with the unit in the Philippines. Original entry date of each unit in the Philippines is indicated by footnote as unit is listed.

2. Command and staff as of 20Oct44.

3. Flight echelon arrived Leyte 3Dec44.

4. Arrived Samar 2-12Jan45.

5. Arrived Lingayen Gulf 9-27Jan45.

6. Landed Malabang, Mindanao, 17Apr45.

7. Flight echelon arrived Zamboanga, Mindanao, 30Mar45.

8. Landed Zamboanga, Mindanao, 10Mar45.

9. Carrier-based strikes on Luzon targets 6-7Jan45.