Henri-Gaston Busignies

Henri-Gaston Busignies (born December 29, 1905, Sceaux, France—died June 20, 1981, Antibes) was a French-born American electronics engineer whose contribution to the development of high-frequency direction finders (HF/DF, or “Huff Duff”) permitted the U.S. Navy during World War II to detect enemy transmissions. In 1926 Busignies received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Paris and began his career by inventing the airborne radio compass, which permitted accurate aircraft navigation. He joined the...