Marine Scout Bombing Squadron (VMSB-141) was commissioned on March 1, 1942, at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California.

[1] The Squadron was originally formed from personnel from VMSB-132 coming from Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, Virginia.

[2] On August 30, 1942, the squadron departed San Diego for the South Pacific with the first echelon of aircraft arriving at Henderson Airfield, Guadalcanal on September 23, 1942 becoming part of the Cactus Air Force (CAF).

[1] In late September 1943, the squadron returned to the United States arriving at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.

[7] In January 1944, the squadron was ordered to Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Gillespie in San Diego, CA where it undertook a rigorous syllabus in low-level bombing and strafing utilizing the Vought F4U Corsair.