Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 1 September 1965, when Pakistani forces launched a massive attack in the Chhamb Sector, Captain Chitoor Subramanian Krishnan flew over the area in order to locate enemy artillery guns. Disregarding heavy enemy fire, he engaged the enemy artillery guns and ultimately silenced them. As officer commanding of the Air Operation Flight in Jammu and Kashmir, Captain Krishnan employed his flight in directing artillery fire against the infiltrators also and inflicted heavy casualties on them. He flew nearly 60 hours, of which 45 hours were on operational sorties.

Throughout, Captain Krishnan displayed courage and leadership of high order.