Johnson, George William - 1941

George William Johnson died on the SS Mahanada, one of eight ships of Convoy OB 290 to be sunk during a German air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland on 26-Feb-1941, aged 43 years.  He was a son of George William and Mary Ann Johnson.
~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Country:  United Kingdom

Rank: Quartermaster
Regiment: Merchant Navy

Grave Reference: Panel 66 on the memorial

Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.

You can visit the memorial page for George William Johnson.