Paul Bartel | Ryszard Bartel | Bartel |
In June 1927 it was shown at the first Aviation Exhibition in Warsaw.
The aircraft was designed by Ryszard Bartel in Samolot factory in Poznań, as an advanced trainer, transitory between primary trainers and bomber or reconnaissance aircraft.
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BM-5s were used in the Polish Air Force for training from 1930, in a central pilots' school in Dęblin.
It won the contest for the new Polish military trainer, against the PZL-5bis and Bartel BM-4h biplanes.