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.
Paul Bartel | Ryszard Bartel | Bartel |
In June 1927 it was shown at the first Aviation Exhibition in Warsaw.
It won the contest for the new Polish military trainer, against the PZL-5bis and Bartel BM-4h biplanes.