I have some videos here of some tracks I have saved from the last ten years flying IL2, you can watch them and maybe pick up some ideas, and also see how the throttle and flaps are used at different times. Most all of them are from the pilots perspective and all are made while flying with nothing but a Microsoft Precision2 stick, all views are panned using only a hat-switch and buttons, to show that no fancy hardware or software is needed to have fun with the sim.
http://www.youtube.com/user/jumoschw...e=results_main
Besides getting ideas from books and others the only thing you can do is spend hours practicing and trying different things to see what works for you and getting to know what your favorite aircraft can and can not do.
Good luck.