Papua New Guinea – Divers' Blogs

In Memoriam: Dickie Doyle

October 17, 2020July 22, 2013 by Ben Davison

If you’ve ever dived off a liveaboard in Papua New Guinea, chances are Dickie Doyle came aboard to greet you and your fellow passengers, and invited you ashore to visit his plantation. I met Dickie that way, had a couple of beers with him, laughed at his pet pig, which slept under his bed, and … Read more

Last Mission of The Black Jack

January 21, 2010January 18, 2010 by Bret Gilliam

Just after midnight on July 11, 1943 a U. S. Air Force bomber rumbled on to the flight line for takeoff from the Allied controlled field at Port Moresby, New Guinea. Capt. Ralph Deloach carefully eyed his instrument panel as the #2 engine sputtered and coughed before settling into a smooth synchronicity with the other … Read more