VMF(N)-541 continued flying combat air patrols from Peleliu. On March 23, 1945 a six plane detachment and maintenance personnel were sent to Falalop Airfield to assist with local air interdiction after having been trained in nighttime dive bombing. The squadron was operating from both Peleliu and Falalop when the Japanese surrendered. The Falalop detachment returned to Peleliu on August 28 in anticipation of follow-on movement of the squadron. In September 1945 the squadron departed Peleliu for China. AFter a two week stint on Okinawa, the advanced flight echelon arrived at Nanyuan Airfield on October 8 with all elements of the squadron arriving by November 5. While in China the squadron was responsible for flying combat air patrols and reconnaissance flights. VMF(N)-541 returned to the United States in 1946 and was decommissioned on April 30, 1946.