Rodney Pearce
SCUBA Diver, Historian and Explorer

Rodney "Rod" Pearce, the owner of Niugini Diving, has been diving in Papua New Guinea for over thirty years and is credited with discovering most of its best underwater wrecks, including B-17F "Black Jack" 41-24521 and s'Jacob. Plus many other shipwrecks and aircraft. He runs a charter service, taking tourist anywhere in PNG for diving or exploration aboard MV Barbarian II.

• Tell about yourself, and how you got interested in WWII?
• What were you diving in those early years?
• How did your company, Niugini Diving begin?
• What was it like to discover B-17 "Black Jack"
• Speak about researching wrecks and finding them
• How did you discover of the Missing RAAF Beaufort
• Talk about your interest in Kavieng
• Mention some of your research methodologies
• What are your upcoming projects and the future