Airman, VC winner
Edwards was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1914. He landed in Britain in 1936 and by May 1941, was commanding No.105 Squadron of the RAF.
During a daylight raid on the German port of Bremen on 4 July 1941, he led his formation overland at extremely low altitude, carrying away telegraph wires, passing under high tension cables, and flying through a balloon barrage. Near the target, every aircraft was hit and four were destroyed. Edwards pressed home the attack and withdrew the surviving aircraft without further loss.
After the war he held several appointments with the RAF until his retirement in 1963.
He became governor of Western Australia in 1974.
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