help with identifcation 1944 dodge please

[gordon]

The one ton was a popular truck to convert to an ambulance, donated from various charitable organisations and so on.

I have images somewhere of a transitional truck, with 1941 sheetmetal but still with the earlier 1939 / 1940 Budd disc wheels.

I have seen images of them in use as general hacks in North Africa and Egypt, and I suspect they did remain in production during WW2 but in relatively small quantities for essential civilian use. I have a WD 21 panel van from late 1940, after the model year cutoff, that was produced at the Los Angeles plant.