1. No, not in the wrong place, wrong time maybe!

and 2. I may be wrong (and someone will be quick enough to point it out I'm sure!) but I think the original IL2 patches up to v1.2
You need to apply patch v1.1 first, then v1.2 over that.
http://www.fileplanet.com/87086/8000...vik-v1.1-Patch