1953 location 17VB?

I'm interested in 1950's vw beetles built for use by the BAoR. All those Ive seen factory certificates for were delivered to 151 COY. However I've snow seen one delivered to 17VB. can anyone help shine a light on that location?

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17 (Rear) Vehicle Depot .
1959.11.01 Formed near Monchengladbach, Germany by renaming 17 Vehicle Battalion
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c1960's Germany: Recklinghausen .
. 17 Base Vehicle Depot .
c1970 Germany: Recklinghausen

Going back 17 Vehicle Company RAOC arrived from Hamburg in Ayrshire Barracks Mönchengladbach 4 Oct 48, then redesignated Battalion 11 Nov 48.

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Thank you! fantastic response, great to know. I'd love to collect more anecdotes on these early beetles and their use/misuse. I know they spent a lot of time being repaired and straightened out

Back in the late 60s when stationed in Verden-Aller I was a third part owner of a 1949 split rear screen, recall a scrap yard with several RHD former German Post Beetles with only a drivers seat, so ideal to jump on to pavement for deliveries/collections, they were in a very sorry state!

As a child I was in Germany in the early 50s. My father was clerk of works in the REs so we were attached to a number of regiment s over that time. East Surreys, Brunswick, 12 Royal Lancers Wolfenbuttel and subsequently Hannover before moving to the Hook of Holland. All during the time in Germany my father had a German driver who used to appear every day in the same model of VW as your picture shows. Split rear windscreen givaway. My guess is there was a transport pool where the factory delivered to and then they were dispatched to various places/regiments. I can remember being in the back of one and being worried about going around corners too fast as the rear swing axle suspension would have you off the road unexpectedly...

Thanks for those great stories! there seem to be only about a dozen of these cars still in existence. I think Ill open a topic on the locations and see if there are any more memories out there.