You might be running the wrong version of the game, skies of fire/skies of fire run on 4.08m and you'll probably want to get AAA pack thing.
I have the first one.
1946 i think is more of an expansion off of IL2 sturmovik.
I would suggest looking at the older one first.
No, it is the first one with 4 expansions and then it adds another 32-34 planes. If you can even find the first one anywhere you're wasting your money.
Edit: Bombed some bridge.


Few flack holes in me, the snow runways are so difficult to see, I didn't see the actual strip until I got to about 300m.