Nigel
Here you are some more reading on Turek. He died in 1993 in Warrington. There is an ongoing research on the Polish AF, so there is a good chance someone tackles his story, especially as it was quite unusual.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/vi...iary-air-force
PS Sorry, St Valentine's was Polek not Turek, but as you can read, he got some as well.
Chugalug
As I said it is a rough comparison. The Polish award system was simple. You could get four CVs, the fifth meant a Silver Cross of VM. Each class of VM could have been awarded only once. Classes varied due to level of command, the silver one was for everyone, and then the one had to be a commander of bigger and bigger units. Polish airmen could get foreign awards, following agreement of the Polish command. Several got British awards, for example Skalski had DSO and DFC & two bars, this apart of Polish Gold & Silver Crosses VM and CV & three bars not to mention minor awards. As to the system, generally PAF had control over personnel matters, awards, major offences. Rank system was complicated, as Poles had two sets of ranks, Polish, badges worn on collars, and RAF ones, on sleeves. Operationally PAF was subordinated to RAF, this was logical, as PAF was too small force to work independently. Sometimes it causes a mess.
In regard of post-war period, not everyone shared views of Attlee, but on the other hand Britons seemed to have little understanding what Soviets are. Some understood that well, however. A long story!
SLF
There is a pretty good coverage of Polish burials on the Polish internet, and a few years ago there was a book published (in Polish) covering all flying deaths of Polish airmen 1939-1945. There was also one less detailed covering all AF deaths, and in 1952 a list of all deaths of Polish Army 1940-1947 has been published. As to Szempliński, he was killed in a crash in bad weather in a Mosquito, together with RAF navigator, Frank Tillman. Tillman was buried next to him, I think.