Bearn actually never embarked the ordered Brewster planes, as these were directly shipped to the UK instead, who also found no employ for this poor performance aircraft, therefore shipping it further to Asia, believing it could be more usefull against teh Japanese, of whom all Allies had a low oppinion. The Brewsters were transported in crates by Bearn, as were most aircraft, during her role as transport.
Bearn actually employed a few Vought Vindicator Scout-bomber as primary strike aircraft, during her last period of an active warship, besides the more common Loire-Nieuport LN.41 divebomber, Levasseur PL.101 recon, Levasseur PL.7 torpedobomber, Dewoitine D.376 fighter. The US plane was originally intended for the new breed of aircraft carriers, but these were never completed, so the aircraft eventually ended up in both the UK and France, where they got involved in the early stages of the Invasion of France in 1940.