Historical Marker
86th Fighter Bomber Group
Historical marker location:
1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Marker installed: 1987
525th, 526th, 527th, and Headquarters Squadrons. 12AAF USAAF 9AAF.
Ohio was the site of a major oil boom in the late 19th century, with oil wells producing millions of barrels of oil per year. The town of Lima, Ohio, became known as the "little giant of the oil industry" because of the large number of oil companies headquartered there.