Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Edwards ya yi aiki a Royal Air Force a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, an ba shi izini a watan Afrilu na 1942, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Flying Cross, kuma ya ƙare yakin 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 shekarar 1944, wanda ya haifar da raunin fuska wanda ya buƙaci aikin tiyata na filastik, wanda ya ɓoye tare da babban gashinsa wanda ya zama alamar kasuwancinsa. Raunin da ya yi da kuma mayar da su ya sanya shi memba na Guinea Pig Club.