Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Edwards ya yi aiki a Royal Air Force a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, an ba shi izini a watan Afrilu na 1942, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Flying Cross, kuma ya ƙare yaƙin a matsayin mai kula da jirgin sama. Ya yi aiki tare da No. 271 Squadron RAF, wanda ke zaune a Doncaster, wanda ya shiga cikin D-Day landings. An harbe Dakota dinsa a
Arnhem a cikin 1944, wanda ya haifar da raunin da ya shafi fuska wanda ke buƙatar tiyata na filastik, wanda ya ɓoye tare da babban gashin gashinsa wanda ya zama alamar kasuwancinsa. Raunin da ya yi da kuma mayar da su ya sanya shi memba na Guinea Pig Club.