From an article in the New Chronicle:

By 53% to 38%, with 9% undecided, the people of Great Britain are in favour of reprisal bombing of Germany.

But people in heavily blitzed areas are noticeably less in favour of reprisal bombing than those in areas which have escaped the worst of the raids on this country.

These facts revealed by the latest Gallup survey, in which the question was asked: "Would you approve or disapprove if the RAF adopted a policy of bombing the civilian population of Germany?"

The results over the whole country are as given above. But when the figures were analysed by areas significant differences appeared.

It would appear that sentiment in favour of reprisals is almost in inverse ratio to the amount of bombing experienced.

RAF Bomber Command: 2 Group: 'Channel Stop' A 2,000-ton ship is claimed off Ostend.

Corvette HMS Windflower completed Scoutson and headed to Tobermory for workups.

The fifth Lake class US Coast vessel, USCGC Chelan is transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend Lease and is renamed HMS Lulworth.

MALTA: Returning to Malta with cruiser HMS Gloucester and other destroyers from a search for Axis convoys, HMS Jersey is mined and sunk in the entrance to Grand Harbour, Valetta. 

Minesweeper Fermoy is bombed and damaged beyond repair whilst in dry dock at Malta for routine boiler cleaning and maintenance.

IRAQ: The Iraqi Army has concentrated a force of more than a division in strength overlooking Habbaniya. The British Flying School Squadron in Habbaniya armed with Gladiator fighters and supported by Wellington bombers from the RAF base at Shuaiba bombs the Iraqi troops in their positions only a mile away from the airbase. The Iraqis responded to the raid with a cannon barrage, supported by bombs and machine gun fire from their own aircraft. The British are aided by five companies of Kurds. This same day Rashid el Gailani asks Hitler for military assistance.

Allied troops occupy Basra and oil installations, and start to evacuate women and children from Habbaniya air base.
Opposition to continued British landings at Basrah, Iraq result in unrest, sniping and rioting. (Michael Alexander)