Tony Roe
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/09/2017
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_015_C
Location(s): Wicklow Bay
Length: 4.10
In this clip taken from an interview on 8th September 2016, Commandant Anthony (Tony Roe) discusses in detail a crash over Wicklow Bay in which Air Corps pilot Jim Liddy was killed along with four others, during filming for the film Zepplin in August 1970. Tony was present when the crash occurred and heard the series of communications prior to the crash. He recalls his own memories of the crash when an SE5A (British biplane fighter aircraft) landed very close to where they were standing. He states that Liam Mulligan had flown the plane in to let them know there had been an accident. Tony explains that an SE5A (flown by Liddy) had crashed into the helicopter and everyone was killed including the director Burch Williams. Tony states that the wife of the director Burch Williams was with them listening to the transmissions when the crash occurred. Tony names some of the pilots involved in flying for the movies. For more information on Zepplin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068014/ - Also see http://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/wicklow-residents-recall-the-day-a-film-crew-met-their-fate-
