After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands.
The two fleets clashed on June 19-20, 1944 and the Japanese Carrier fighters were shot down.
Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the Battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States\' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.
After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands