Lieutenant Lionel Arthur Ashfield DFC (1 August 1898 – 16 July 1918) was a World War I British flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.

[11] The British flying ace is credited with shooting down seven enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

[1][2] The 2009 auction site of three of his medals, as well as photocopies of his combat reports and service record, lists six of the seven aerial victories.

[1] A seventh which took place on 31 May 1918, while flying over Ostend, West Flanders in the de Havilland DH.4 (D8402), is not specifically mentioned at the auction site, but has been previously documented.

[1][2] On 27 June 1918, Lionel Ashfield and his observer Lieutenant N H Jenkins DSM engaged in aerial combat with enemy aircraft.

"[13] On 16 July 1918, Lieutenant Ashfield's Airco de Havilland DH.4 with serial number A7868 was shot down while returning from Bruges by Vizeflugmeister Hans Goerth over the village of Zevekote in West Flanders, Belgium.

[9][15] During World War I, the German flying ace Hans Goerth was credited with seven aerial victories.