Marine Aircraft Group 53
Active	1 April 1943 - 31 May 1947[1]
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Role	Training
Commanders
Notable commanders	Frank Schwable Marion M. Magruder

Marine Aircraft Group 53 (MAG-53) was a United States Marine Corps night fighter training group that was commissioned during World War II. It was the first night-fighter group in the Marine Corps.^[1] During the course of the war the group trained eight night fighting squadrons and sent seven of them into combat.^[2] The group was decommissioned after the war during the post-war drawdown of forces.

Marine Night Fighting Group 53 (MAG(N)-53) was formed on 1 April 1943, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.^[3][4] It was the first night fighter group in the Marine Corps and was responsible for the training of all VMF(N) squadrons.^[2] The group trained in Vero Beach, Florida in the spring and summer of 1944 and moved to Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas in November 1944.^[5] MAG(N)-53 was re-designated Marine Night Fighter Group 53 (MNFG 53) in April 1945. The group remained in Texas until the end of the war.^{[citation needed]}

The group moved back to MCAS Cherry Point in February 1946 ^[6] and changed its name again, this time to Marine Aircraft Group 53 (MAG-53) in November of that year. The group was decommissioned on 31 May 1947.^[1]

• United States Marine Corps Aviation
• List of United States Marine Corps aircraft groups

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