B-24 Liberator

I have been doing some research and was amazed at the B-24's accident
rate. From April 10, 1944 to August 31,1944, the Replacement Training
Unit at Chatham AAF, Savannah, Georgia had 23 accidents. In those
accidents, nine of the B-24s were destroyed and there were 54 deaths.
The Navy had similiar results. In ten days at Miramar, there were three crashes with 36 fatalities.
My question: Was the B-24 particularly difficult to fly? How
difficult was it in relation to the B-17?