Saipan Superforts Prepared For Tokyo Attack Ground, crewmen prepare bombs for loading into a 3-29 Superfortress, the "Dauntless Dotty" at the new American air base on Saipan Island in the Marianas. The plane led the first Superfortress attack on Tokyo on Nov.23, 1944, giving the Japanese capital its first taste of American explosives in more than two and one half years. The bombers set aflame key industrial centers, including the Musashino airplane plant, long a cherished target; and met little