 The "Jeanne d'Arc" carried 14 crated, unassembled aircraft, eight Stinson Model HW-75s and six Curtiss H75-A1s.The two ships sailed from Halifax on 16 June 1940 bound for Brest, France.Two days later, Brest fell into German hands and both ships were ordered to Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies, an island in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea.