See my post 41 of this thread
That battle was in connection with the landings at Leyte. Battle of the Philippine Sea was to contest the landings in the Marianas. The largest carrier vs carrier battle of the war. It happened 4 months earlier than your #41. While the second battle of the Philippine Sea was larger with more surface combatants, the first battle had more carriers involved. Before the battle, the Japs had pilots, they lost 630+ aircraft and the pilots off the carriers sunk that had survived the air to air combat. This battle was why 4 months later the IJN used their remaining carriers as decoys..