 He flew many operational sorties between Kenley and the squadron detachment at Poix, France, during the Battle of France.He claimed a Messerschmitt Bf 110 destroyed on 30 August and on 15 September shot down a Dornier Do 17 of 8/KG 2.Innes crashed in Hurricane V6736 on 20 September 1940, following an attack by Messerschmitt Bf 109s over Maidstone.