Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Son of John Edward and Louisa Johnson; husband of Kathleen Mary Johnson, Loughborough.
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Taken from Loughborough Roll of Honour website 2018
http://loughborough-rollofhonour.com/page79.htm :

Flying Officer George Herbert Johnson, whose death on active service has been reported, was born in 1903 and was educated at Carre's Grammar School, Sleaford, and University College, Nottingham, where he played center forward in the first eleven. He taught for seven years in a Nottinghamshire elementary school, and after taking the teachers training certificate at Nottingham, joined the staff of the Loughborough Grammar School, where he took charge of the Preparatory Department. His vivid and forceful personality made him an effective teacher and later, when the school gymnasium was built, he took charge of the physical training and athletic coaching, in which his vitality and energy inspired all who came under his instruction. He was a natural athlete and he played all games with zest. For a number of years he played football with the Leicester Nomads in the Midland Amateur Alliance and many cricketers will recall his lively running between wickets and his tireless wicket keeping in matches on the school field. Just after the outbreak of war he married Miss Kathleen Smith, of Wymeswold, who was then on the staff at Rosebery Street School, and when he volunteered for service with the R.A.F. Mrs., Johnson took over the post in the Preparatory Department, where she has done equally effective work, and like her husband, has gained the affection of all her pupils. Since the invasion of Normandy, Flying Officer Johnson had been abroad with his unit, where he was organizing rest centers for the welfare of the members of the Air Force. His death in a road accident on November 11this a grievous loss to the teaching profession and will be deplored by his colleagues and by all his old pupils.