Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Arct ya yi yaƙi a cikin sojojin Poland har zuwa faduwar Poland a farkon Yaƙin Duniya na II. Ya tsere zuwa Faransa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai koyar da jirgin sama tare da Sojojin Sama na Faransa a Arewacin Afirka na Faransa. Bayan Faransa
ya mika wuya a watan Yunin 1940, Arct ya tashi zuwa Burtaniya kuma ya zama matukin jirgi a farkon 1941, yana halartar Royal Air Force (RAF) Operational Training Unit 61, sannan ya shiga No. 306 Fighter Squadron (RAF) a watan Oktoba 1941.