- Role: Fighter
- Dimensions: Wingspan 9.9 m , Length 9.53 m, Height 3.86 m
- Engine: 1 x Rolls-Royce Merlin/Packard 266 (1720 hp)
- Armament : 2 x 20mm Hispano MK II machine guns, 2 x 0.50in Browning M II machine guns, 750 lb of bomb payload
- Crew: 1
- Number in service: 65
- Country of production: Great Britain
- Years in service: 1949 – 1954
Early in 1949, the Hellenic Air Force received the new Spitfire Mk XVI, which had more powerfull engines, optimized for low altitude, assuming the role of the Spitfire Mk IX. A small number of photo-reconnaissance Mk PR XI/XIII was also delivered. They equipped 335, 336 and 337 Squadrons and were the last Spitfires to be retired, in 1954.
