Robert Ross Ferguson "Bob" (May 13, 1917 – September 19, 2006)[1] was a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot and public servant.

This was a challenging period for the family, as Dr. Ferguson was treating his brother, Vernon, who had returned from service in Ypres, Belgium, with tuberculosis.

Tragedy befell them when Dr. Ferguson's younger brother, Frank, who served in 87 Squadron Royal Flying Corps, was shot down by German Ace Michael Hutterer during a dogfight near the Canadian-German line in Marcoyne, France on September 3, 1918.

Matters at home were not helped by the Spanish flu (also known as H1N1) that lingered as a result of the war, which caused George, Bob's brother, to fall ill and be isolated in the TB Sanatorium.

Hearing his criticism Wing Commander Archibald Winskill of RAF Winfield called on Ferguson to set up and develop a twin-engine gunnery course.

Entering widespread service in 1942, the Mosquito supported RAF strategic night fighter defence forces in the United Kingdom from Luftwaffe raids, most notably defeating the German aerial offensive Operation Steinbock in 1944.

Home on leave in September 1944, Bob was invited to "pin" the wings on his younger brother David at his graduation as a pilot and air gunner in the RCAF.

Bob Ferguson gave up flying after the war but maintained a keen interest in his beloved 410 Squadron, later led by his brother-in-law, Wing Commander Keith Fallis.

And when I went across the stage to pick up my diploma, my father bowed graciously as I went by" he recalled in an interview with the University of Regina's alumni magazine in fall of 1999.