Historical Marker
815th Engineer Aviation Battalion
Historical marker location:
1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
First American Aviation Engineers in England. 1942 In Honor of a Fine Group of Men 1945.
The Cincinnati Reds, one of Ohio's two Major League Baseball teams (along with the Cleveland Indians), were the first professional baseball team to wear uniforms with numbers on them. They did so in 1911, to help fans identify players more easily.