It was a development of a fighter SEA IV built by Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques, a former firm of Henry Potez and Coroller.

It was conventional biplane with a fixed tailskid landing gear and a nose-mounted 276 kW (370 hp) Lorraine 12D engine.

Main user became the Polish Air Force with 110 aircraft bought and 135 manufactured in Poland.

[2] These shared the engine, fuselage, undercarriage and tailfin of the Potez XV, combining them with the wings and stabilizers from a newer design, the 25.

Rectangular two-spar wings, plywood (leading edge) and canvas covered, of equal span.

Crew of two, sitting in tandem in open cockpits: pilot in front, observer in the rear.