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     In early 1915 the company received a sizable order for special planes from the British Government.  This, in addition to their growing business at home, forced them to build a second plant at Lynn, Massachusetts, to increase their manufacturing capacity.  During the year, specially equipped De Luxe Burgess-Dunne hydros were sold to Geoffrey Cabot of Massachusetts, and to wealthy New York sportsmen Vincent Astor and Harry Payne Whitney.  In July the company established a New York office at 331 Madison Avenue, with veteran pilot Frank Coffyn in charge, as the Dunne project was developing rapidly.  On December 31st, Burgess was awarded the Robert J. Collier Trophy.  for his valuable work in further developing the Burgess-Dunne inherently stable hydroaeroplane.

     In February 1916, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation acquired the services of W.S. Burgess and his organization.  The Curtiss Corporation took over the stock of the Burgess Company, Mr. Burgess became a Curtiss director, and all Burgess Company employees became actively engaged in the business of the Curtiss Corporation. The Burgess Division continued to build their existing type planes.  Again Curtis and Burgess brought out some new planes and the business grew rapidly. More special planes were sold to sportsmen. A new twin-float tractor-hydro, and later a single-float tractor plane were developed using the Curtiss OX engine. 

In January, 1917, plance facilities were again increased, announcement was made of a new side-by-side Curtiss OX-powered land trainer plane. By May the company was building large flying boat hulls for the Curtiss Corporation, and during the summer brought out two new planes, the Speed Scout Seaplane and a large twin-float, twin-motored seaplane.  In December, Mr. Burgess accepted a commission as Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, and served on the Aircraft Planning Board, in Washington D.C.  At this time his partners, Greely S. Curtis, took over active administration of the business at Marblehead.  

During 1918 the Burgess Company built twin-motored airship cars for the Navy and also completed an order for four hundred N-9 training seaplanes.  On November 7th the company suffered a serious loss when their No. 2 plant at Lynn