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15th Constabulary Squadron
Seventh Army
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Squadron History






Squadron History

Entrance to Metzer Kaserne in Weiden in the late 1930s. In the early 1950s,
home of the 15th Constabulary Squadron
1949 - 1952
(Source: US ARMY BORDER OPERATIONS IN GERMANY, 1945-1983, by William E. Stacy, Headquarters US Army, Europe and 7th Army, 1984.)
Excerpts from Chapters 2 and 3

Special Border Operations

see transcript on 24th Con Sq Page
In June 1949, the 53rd Constabulary Sqdn was reorganized and redesignated as the 15th Constabulary Sqdn. The 15th, stationed in Weiden, took over the border mission from Hof and Coburg to Passau.

The 15th served as one of the only two border squadrons left in Germany, maintaining law and order along the US Zone, Russian Zone and Czech borders.

On December 15 1952, the 2nd Constabulary Brigade was inactivated and the remaining subordinate units, the 15th and 24th Constabulary Sqdns, were also inactivated and their troops and equipment absorbed into Seventh Army.
 
1951
(Source: Seventh Army Troop List, 30 June 1951)
ORGANIZATION (June 1951):

UNIT DESIGNATION

LOCATION COMMENTS
HH&S Trp, 15th Constabulary Squadron Weiden
A Troop Weiden  
B Troop Hof
C Troop Coburg
D Troop Weiden
Medical Detachment Weiden

15th Con Sq
Border Ops

 

1. 15th Con Sq, 1951-52 (KB)




 
 
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