Narvik trade could make neutral aircrew internment porous

The scenario tests how formal neutrality might work when British patrol aircraft come down in Norway. Their crews would technically be interned, but they might destroy the aircraft, carry cash and directions, and make their way toward Narvik. The practical rail route runs through Sweden, showing how Scandinavian transport geography complicates a purely national view of neutrality. Regular merchant traffic from Narvik to Britain could provide the final leg home. This would let trained aircrew return without requiring Norway to declare itself an Allied belligerent.