Though it may have been over thirty years ago, some incidents, like the Xenia tornado and Charlie's crash seem like they happened yesterday. The tornado touched down only 13.6 miles from Dayton, but wreaked havoc on little Xenia, population around 25,000. April 3, 1974, a day which the folks in Xenia will never forget.

Although the tornado in the picture above is a quarter mile away, this half mile wide swirling wind measured an F-5 on the Fujita scale. The rank reserved only for the most violent ones.

A typical crew of that time was Mike Miller's crew, E-14. Many crewmen wanted to help the people of Xenia, and the author of Legacy was no exception. That's him in back row on far right. Please remember that the photo was taken over thirty years ago.

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