[Robert Dabkowski]

Many thanks to you all for the info. + photos posted. My question didn't flush out much WC 54 detail but I now know more about the (4) M43s that I own (2 ambulances, 2 variants). Am now even MORE bewildered about the various sizes, styles and positions of the red crosses applied to these trucks. Every photo shows a different background shape, font and location. I thought that the military would standardize things like that but I guess not.

Anyway, now that you are all thinking about ambulances, I am also researching the use of International Harvester M5, M9 and M14 halftracks as armoured ambulances during WWII. I know that the Canadian and British forces used them and have seen several exterior photos of them with red crosses/tarps mounted. What I need is a photo, sketch or verbal description of the internal layout of such an ambulance. I am restoring an M5/M9 combination and would like to fabricate/install whatever stretcher racks/fittings were mounted inside. I did manage to track down the IHC archives but the ambulance "kits" were fabricated by other companies and mostly installed in the UK during pre-invasion training. ANY leads much appreciated. Robert in Toronto